Art for the Nation

The Eastlakes and the Victorian Art World

Susanna Avery-Quash, Julie Sheldon

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National Gallery Company Ltd
15 June 2011

Art & Architecture; Art: financial aspects; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Biography: arts & entertainment

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.

By: Susanna Avery-Quash, Julie Sheldon
Imprint: National Gallery Company Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 771g
ISBN: 9781857095074
ISBN 10: 1857095073
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 June 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susanna Avery-Quash is Research Curator in the History of Collecting at the National Gallery, London. She edited Sir Charles Eastlake's Travel Notebooks and has contributed to many National Gallery titles. Julie Sheldon is Reader in Art History at Liverpool John Moores University. She is coeditor of Modern Art: A Critical Introduction and editor of the Letters of Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake.

Reviews for Art for the Nation: The Eastlakes and the Victorian Art World

Shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Multi-Author category, given by the Historians of British Art.--2013 Historians of British Art Short List in the Multi-Author category Historians of British Art (01/25/2013)