Art for the Nation

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The Eastlakes and the Victorian Art World

Susanna Avery-Quash and Julie Sheldon

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As prominent members of the Victorian cultural and artistic world, Sir Charles and Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, along with their nephew Charles Locke Eastlake, enjoyed the friendship and support of influential figures including Prince Albert, Sir Thomas Lawrence, J. M. W. Turner, and Sir Robert Peel. This fascinating original biography brings the unique personality of each of the Eastlakes into sharp focus while also exploring their important contributions during the early days of the National Gallery. 

Charles Eastlake, an artist and connoisseur, was chosen to be not only the President of the Royal Academy from 1850, but also the National Gallery's first Director in 1855. With his capable wife, a literary critic and art historian in her own right, he traveled throughout Europe acquiring significant paintings for the Gallery and implementing important changes to their display and description. Nephew Charles, an architect and popularizer of the Arts and Crafts style, was Keeper at the National Gallery from 1878 to 1898. Art for the Nation tells the remarkable story of the Eastlake family's devotion to art and to the National Gallery during its crucial formative years.



Published by National Gallery Company / Distributed by Yale University Press


Exhibition Schedule:

National Gallery, London
(07/27/11-10/30/11)

Susanna Avery-Quash is Research Curator in the History of Collecting at the National Gallery, London. Julie Sheldon is Reader in Art History at Liverpool John Moores University.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

National Gallery, London
(07/27/11-10/30/11)

ISBN: 9781857095074
Publication Date: October 25, 2011
Publishing Partner: Published by National Gallery Company / Distributed by Yale University Press
304 pages, 6 x 9
28 color + 14 b/w illus.