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Our English coasts, 1852 : William Holman Hunt and invasion fear at midcentury

Author
Ribner, Jonathan P.
Document type
Article (journal)
Language
English
Source
Art journal. 1996, Num. 2, Vol. 55, 45-54, 8 ill.
ISSN
0004-3249
Abstract (en)
Interpretation of Hunt's 1852 painting, subsequently retitled Strayed Sheep (London, Tate Gallery) in light of England's fear of invasion by France at mid-century. Examines the nationalist climate of the period and the participation of artists, including Hunt, in this wave of patriotism. Points out that most English viewers of the painting, exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, in 1853, would recognize the site depicted as the cliffs hear Hastings, the setting for the historic battle of 1066, and would have understood the representation of the unguarded flock of sheep in the lush landscape as a condemnation of agricultural waste.
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DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19970401-00259332

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