Tag: Victorian art

Images of an England that isn’t coming back from the first half of the nineteenth century. Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, watercolorist. Living from 1792 to 1864, he also did architectural drawings.

"Onslow Square." 1851.
“Onslow Square.” 1851. Image © 1998-2006 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Fair use license. via https://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/tag/white-horse-inn/
"View of Copenhagen House." 1853.
“View of Copenhagen House.” 1853. Watercolor on paper. Private collection. In the public domain. via https://www.repro-tableaux.com/a/shepherd-thomas-hosmer/viewofcopenhagenhouse.html
"Apothecaries' Hall: The Courtyard," ca. 1900.
“Apothecaries’ Hall: The Courtyard,” ca. 1900. Image © The Wellcome Collection, London. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/apothecaries-hall-the-courtyard-126237
"Cremorne Pleasure Gardens." 1852.
“Cremorne Pleasure Gardens.” 1852. In the public domain due to age. via https://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/tag/lindsey-house/

“The Little Princes in the Tower” and the 1480’s seen through a Victorian looking glass. One of the world’s most enduring mysteries but one surely without accoutrements a little person in the Windsor nurseries in 1850 would have known.

"The Princes in the Tower." 1878.
“The Princes in the Tower.” 1878. British. Oil on canvas. John Everett Millais, artist (1829-1896). Royal Holloway Collection. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Princes.jpg.
"The Princes in the Tower." 1861.
“The Princes in the Tower.” 1861. British. Oil on canvas. Henrietta Ward, artist (1832-1924). via ArtUK. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ward-Princes.jpg
"The Princes in the Tower." 1831.
“The Princes in the Tower.” 1831. French. Oil on canvas. Paul Delaroche, artist (1797–1856). Photo credit: Historic Royal Palaces, Tower of London. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-princes-in-the-tower-134928.