Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
Looking medieval when you are actually Victorian. Philip Hermogenes Calderon, British artist. Living from 1833 to 1898, he initially worked in the Pre-Raphaelite style before moving towards historical genre painting. Keeper of the Royal Academy in London.
Her Most High, Noble and Puissant Grace. 1865. British. Philip Hermogenes Calderon, painter (1833-1898). Collections of the Leeds Museums and Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://www.artuk.org/artworks/her-most-high-noble-and-puissant-grace-37499The Young Lord Hamlet. 1868. British. Oil on canvas. Philip Hermogenes Calderon, painter(1833-1898). Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Young_Lord_Hamlet.jpgThe Queen of the Tournament. 1874. British. Oil on canvas. Philip Hermogenes Calderon, painter (1833-1898). Collections of and image credit Salford Museum and Art Gallery. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-queen-of-the-tournament-164961Home after Victory. 1867. British. Oil on canvas. Philip Hermogenes Calderon, painter (1833-1898). Signed P. H. Calderon, 1867 on the lower right, and inscribed Number 1 Home after Victory/Philip H. Calderon. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1867 and at the Royal Jubilee Exhibition in Manchester in 1887. Image source: Christie’s. Artwork itself in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Hermogenes_Calderon_-_Home_after_Victory.jpg
On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.
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