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Tag Archives: London

Painting of the Week:105
Eddie Chambers / Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week:105

Posted on November 14, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Uzo Egonu’s exuberant representation of the frenetic spirit of the swinging 60s Continue reading →

Painting of the Week: 85
Painting of the Week / Rebecca England

Painting of the Week: 85

Posted on October 25, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge, 1872/73, oil on canvas, 68.3 x 51.2 cm, Tate. Continue reading →

Painting of the Week: 81
Margaret F. MacDonald / Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week: 81

Posted on September 25, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

James McNeil Whistler (1834-1903), Wapping, 1860–61, oil on canvas, 72 x 101.8cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Continue reading →

Ralph Waldo Emerson in London
Daniel Koch / History

Ralph Waldo Emerson in London

Posted on October 23, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Visiting England in 1833, Ralph Waldo Emerson travelled to meet the men who had inspired him – one of these people was Thomas Carlyle, the ‘lonely scholar’. And so a tumultuous relationship was forged.  Continue reading →

Charlie Chaplin’s Silent Imitation
Barry Anthony / History

Charlie Chaplin’s Silent Imitation

Posted on October 15, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

It may seem cliché, but Charlie Chaplin’s mother provided him an almost infinite source of raw material to fashion into comic and sentimental themes. Continue reading →

Ford Madox Brown’s Favourite Things
Angela Thirlwell / Visual Culture

Ford Madox Brown’s Favourite Things

Posted on September 12, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

From flirting to bathing dress, Ford Madox Brown plays the popular Victorian parlour game ‘My Favourite Things’. Continue reading →

Guest Journal / History / Journal / Second World War / Visual Culture

In Photos: London’s Deep Level Shelters

Posted on March 21, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Corin Faife. Continue reading →

Painting of the Week: 15
Painting of the Week / Tomasz Hoskins

Painting of the Week: 15

Posted on March 2, 2012 by theibtaurisblog • 2 Comments

Pablo Picasso, Child With Dove (1901), oil on canvas, 54 x 73cm, National Gallery, London. Continue reading →

Have Yourself a Henry James Christmas
Henry James / Travel

Have Yourself a Henry James Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2011 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Henry James left America for England in 1876 and stayed for the next three decades. Here, taken from his travel memoir English Hours, James describes a late-19th century Christmas spent in the North of England. Continue reading →

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