Kirsty Stonell Walker
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The Kissed Mouth
http://www.fannycornforth.blogspot.com/
Weekly posts on Victorian art and culture, specialising in Pre-Raphaelite artists and models.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 550 )
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If They Are So Clever, Why Are They Dead?
I warn you now, this is a rambling post borne out of a week of thought. I can't promise you any answers but possibly writing out the happenings of the last... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2016 CULTURE -
Raising the Spirits of a Weary Traveller...
The New Forest is a lovely place to visit. Despite its name, there is very little in the way of actual forest, but sweeping swathes of pink heathland,... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2016 CULTURE -
#RememberFanny
Hello everyone and this is just a quick post to ask for your help. Back in the Spring of last year I told you all about Fanny Cornforth's final years and findin... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2016 CULTURE -
Massive Scrubber
One of the many problems with modern life is that it is so easy to take for granted the modern inventions that make our existence so easy. Read more
Posted on 07 October 2016 CULTURE -
When Mary Met Tenny...
As some of you will know, I have been researching and writing a biography of Mary Hillier, maid and model to Julia Margaret Cameron. Read more
Posted on 23 September 2016 CULTURE -
Slippery When Wet
In a vain attempt to tone up, I recently took up aquafit at my local swimming pool. In my mind's eye I look like this...I admit that is Esther Williams but the... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2016 CULTURE -
The Beauty and Sadness of Beatrice Offor
As I use a wide array of images in these blog posts, I often end up using multiple paintings by certain artists without knowing a lot about them, or even at... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2016 CULTURE -
Review: Georgiana Houghton at the Courtauld Gallery
There are exhibitions that catch your eye because they are just so unexpected. With most Victorian art shows I'm delighted to see pictures I'm familiar with... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2016 CULTURE -
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Just so we know where we stand, there will be a lot of nudity in this post and so if you are offended by pink bits, probably best you give this one a miss. Read more
Posted on 19 August 2016 CULTURE -
The 'Sixties in Shalott
Here we are again, talking about Tennyson and illustration as an excuse for my collection of illustrated Tennysons. Anyway, enough about my problems, this week ... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2016 CULTURE -
The Flapper's Tennyson
As you will know by now by this post, this post, this post and this post (oh, and this one too), I love a bit of Tennyson illustration. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2016 CULTURE -
Review and Q&A: The Strange Case of Madeleine Seguin
I do so love to make new friends, especially writing friends with splendid books, and so was delighted to make the acquaintance of William Rose, author of the... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2016 CULTURE -
Pity the Blind...
So, here we are at my 600th post which is a strange milestone. I've been at this blog-business five years now and I still really love chatting with you and... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2016 CULTURE -
Book Review: Julia Margaret Cameron by Herself, Virginia Woolf and Roger Fry
A year after all the hub-bub of her 200th anniversary, Julia Margaret Cameron is still inspiring new writings on her work as well as reimaginings of old ones. Read more
Posted on 15 July 2016 CULTURE -
While Cheeks Burn, Arms Open, Eyes Shut, and Lips Meet!
I was utterly horrified recently to discover that I do not appear to have done a post on kissing. How on earth has this happened? How have I managed to trundle... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2016 CULTURE -
Review: Peacock and Vine: Fortuny and Morris in Life and at Work
"We were in Venice in April and I was drunk on aquamarine light."(Peacock and Vine, p.3) Since Possession I don't know any 19th Century fans who don't get a... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2016 CULTURE -
Stretching, Reaching, Holding and Alone
Sometimes you are looking at a work of art by a certain artist and you are suddenly struck by a theme, a pattern that runs through their art. Read more
Posted on 05 July 2016 CULTURE -
Swing, Swing...
Wouldn't it be lovely to just withdraw from the world for a little bit? On the whole I would rather like to spend a day, week or year or two in a nice quiet... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2016 CULTURE -
Always Put on the Safe Search Before Googling 'Showers of Gold'...
I'm sure you will recall from this post we looked at the many and varied images of Perseus and Andromeda, and the many and varied ways of showing a nudey lady... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2016 CULTURE -
A Sight to Make an Old Man Young
Today's post is probably going to end up a bit rambling, but it concerns a poem about a painter painting a woman he loved and the paintings based on the poem... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2016 CULTURE