This book brings to light an extraordinary satiric epic on Britain's empire, one suppressed right after its publication in 1828. Tom Raw, the Griffin, written and illustrated by the Romantic artist Charles D'Oyly, is vital, engaging, morally earnest, and trenchant in its critique-and wickedly funny in its observations and depictions of British India. Known in art circles for his Indian landscapes, D'Oyly was born in Bengal; he returned there from England at age of 16 to serve in increasingly titular posts in the occupying government; by 1818, he was a full-time artist in Patna. In his story...
This book brings to light an extraordinary satiric epic on Britain's empire, one suppressed right after its publication in 1828. Tom Raw, the Griffin,...
This book situates the reader between an original, passionate retelling of the Cole's life from new sources and a deep investigation into the true meanings of his work. Delving beyond the superficial to discuss the relationship between the artist and his subjects, Thomas Cole's Americas recounts the interconnected story of art and life as told by Cole through his paintings. With 44 colour plates and 63 black-white figures, it is an original cultural history that describes the life of the creative mind that engendered Cole's art and details how his paintings incorporate specific, prophetic...
This book situates the reader between an original, passionate retelling of the Cole's life from new sources and a deep investigation into the true mea...
This book brings to light an extraordinary satiric epic on Britain's empire, one suppressed right after its publication in 1828. Tom Raw, the Griffin, written and illustrated by the Romantic artist Charles D'Oyly, is vital, engaging, morally earnest, and trenchant in its critique-and wickedly funny in its observations and depictions of British India. Known in art circles for his Indian landscapes, D'Oyly was born in Bengal; he returned there from England at age 16 to serve in increasingly titular posts in the occupying government; by 1818, he was a full-time artist in Patna. In his story of a...
This book brings to light an extraordinary satiric epic on Britain's empire, one suppressed right after its publication in 1828. Tom Raw, the Griffin,...