Kirsty Stonell Walker
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The Kissed Mouth
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Weekly posts on Victorian art and culture, specialising in Pre-Raphaelite artists and models.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 550 )
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Lewis Carroll: Photography on the Move Q&A with Lindsay Smith
I had the pleasure of meeting Lindsay Smith last year at the Julia Margaret Cameron conference in Portsmouth. She was the chair of the panel I was on and then... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2016 CULTURE -
Fanny Cornforth: The Style Edition
Here we are at the end of our first Fanny-versary and after all the reading and stuff we've had this week I thought I'd end on a post to do with the visual. Read more
Posted on 26 February 2016 CULTURE -
Seeing Through Time (and Much Scraping)
So, we come to the penultimate post of this first Fanny-versary week and I am going to talk about Rossetti and his scraping. He obviously isn't the only... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2016 CULTURE -
Finding and Forgetting Fanny
Today marks the anniversary of the death of Fanny Cornforth. No doubt on social media I will get to chat to fellow Fanny fans, not to mention museums and... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2016 CULTURE -
Fanny/Sarah Cornforth/Cox/Hughes/Schott
What's in a name? When approaching the thorny issue of Fanny Cornforth,then quite a bit as she had a number of names, or so it seems. Read more
Posted on 23 February 2016 CULTURE -
Is Fanny Cornforth the Model for Monna Vanna?
Welcome to a week of posts about Fanny Cornforth. Me and Fanny have quite a long history together, over twenty years now, but this is the first year I can mark... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2016 CULTURE -
Review: Pre-Raphaelites on Paper at Leighton House
I love having an excuse to visit Leighton House. It is a wonderful setting for exhibitions, with its jewel-blue walls and peacock feathers, wide open rooms and... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2016 CULTURE -
Review:The Romantic Thread in British Art
A complaint I often hear about museums is that so much of their collection is never seen, hidden away in stores, never to see the light of day. Read more
Posted on 05 February 2016 CULTURE -
Love to Lose Your Head Over...
You know you are a proper historian when you are Prit-Sticking down a big picture of Henry VII to a roll of paper while trying to explain Martin Luther to a... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2016 CULTURE -
The Man in High Collars
There is a distinct difference between Mr Walker and myself in matters of musical taste and more specifically the way we load up an MP3. Read more
Posted on 23 January 2016 CULTURE -
A Short Post About a Nice Grave
Just a tiny post about a wonderful grave I saw this afternoon...I was in Chesterton Cemetery in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, looking for an entirely different... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2016 CULTURE -
Go Fish!
Whilst madly researching a piece for next week (or the week after, depends how I get on) I was looking for something lovely to amuse you during this cold,... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2016 CULTURE -
Many A Heart Is Aching, If You Could Read Them All...
When I was looking for muff pictures for Muffvent I came across this painting...After the Ball Henri DoucetWhere shall I start with how much I love this image? ... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2016 CULTURE -
Stringing Along...
One thing people who have known me far too long will know is that I love puppets, so much so that when I was a teenager I wanted to grow up to be a puppeteer... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2015 CULTURE -
Thursday 24th December - George Henry Boughton, the King of Muffs
Happy Christmas Eve, my dear Reader, and thank you for joining me for the last day of Muffvent. I have for you a veritable Muff-extravaganza (Muffaganza?) this... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2015 CULTURE -
Wednesday 23rd December - Old Market Hall and Fountain
Are we almost there yet? Lawks, I just got back from one of the seven circles of Hell, or the local shops as it is usually known. The only nice bit was when we... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2015 CULTURE -
Tuesday 22nd December - Clarice Honor Edwards
Today's post had to wait until I had seen the new Star Wars, and so I am writing from a position of happiness and comfort as I sit on the sofa listening to the... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2015 CULTURE -
Monday 21st December - Collette Gervex
It poured with rain yesterday and a goodly part of the day was spent erecting a shed in the garden (yes, yes, I'm sure you can imagine the level of humour we... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2015 CULTURE -
Sunday 20th December - Portrait of Mme X
Goodness me, it is dark this morning, but I suppose we are a day away from the solstice and the shortest day of the year. After that, I can get the seed... Read more
Posted on 20 December 2015 CULTURE -
Saturday 19th December - Frost Fair, 1684
It is the last weekend before Christmas. Have you been doing any last minute shopping? Have you been wrapping pressies? Drinking mulled wine? Read more
Posted on 19 December 2015 CULTURE