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Tag Archives: Ford Madox Brown
Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
“Romeo and Juliet‘s description of the frantic haste of the rash lovers blends together humor, irony, poignancy, and disapproval, but Shakespeare conveys above all a deep inward understanding of what it feels like to be young, desperate to wed, and … Continue reading
Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: King Lear
King Lear is a tragic play filled with anger and grief. It is wrought with suffering and explores issues of old age and family as only Shakespeare could explore them. William Holman Hunt took inspiration from a quotation of King … Continue reading
Waiting: An English Fireside of 1854-5
Painted by Ford Madox Brown, Waiting: An English Fireside 1854-55 was originally meant to depict a middle-class mother in a scene of domesticity. Later, the artist made changes in order to paint her as the wife of an officer who … Continue reading
Emma Madox Brown
Emma Madox Brown as seen in her husband’s painting The Last of England. Ford Madox Brown was a widower with a young daughter, Lucy. Although not officially a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was closely involved with most of … Continue reading
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