Video Tribute: Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
Via our Facebook page, Charlaine Epinal shared a link to this lovely tribute to the work of Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale:
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
Images of Guinevere
Medievalism grew in popularity early in the nineteenth century England and had a definite influence on William Morris especially, who even rode a horse in a toy suit of armor as a child. It is interesting that the story of Lancelot and Guinevere can be seen as a parallel to the story of William Morris and…
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Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale (1871-1945) was born years after the original members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood had gone their separate ways. It is obvious when looking at her work that what we now consider the “Pre-Raphaelite style” had a great influence on her. Like many of the Pre-Raphaelites, her subjects were shown in a Medieval style…
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