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Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London
February 1, 2009 – April 12, 2009
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This exhibition includes 60 of the most important paintings of the Victorian period, encompassing the full range of subject matter and style. The paintings were acquired by Thomas Holloway and installed in the women’s college he founded in 1879, which is still in operation today as Royal Holloway, University of London.
The collection includes scenes of contemporary life, historical events, landscapes, animal studies, and marine subjects. Equating beauty with morality, Holloway believed art could be a teaching tool. He bought only the best paintings, with an established provenance, paying the highest prices at auction.
Artists represented include, among others, Sir Edwin Landseer, William Powell Frith, and Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais. |
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The Royal Holloway Collection will complement the Delaware Art Museum’s Bancroft Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art, which is the largest Pre-Raphaelite collection in the world outside the United Kingdom.
Click here for a behind-the-scenes view of the exhibition's installation.
Above: Sympathy, 1877. Briton Riviere (1840-1920). Oil on canvas, 58 ¼ x 50 ¼ inches. Royal Holloway, University of London. |
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| Above: The Babylonian Marriage Market, 1875.
Edwin Longsden Long (1829-1891).
Oil on canvas, 79 x 131 inches.
Royal Holloway, University of London. |
| Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. The national tour has been supported by The Chisholm Foundation, and the catalogue sponsor is Hiscox. |
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| This exhibition is presented in Delaware by DuPont and Royal Holloway, University of London. Additional support is provided by the Emily du Pont Memorial Exhibition Fund and the Hallie Tybout Exhibition Fund. |
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| In Delaware, this exhibition is made possible, in part, by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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| Above:
Man Proposes God Disposes, 1864. Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873). Oil on canvas, 44 ½ x 104 ½ inches. Royal Holloway, University of London |
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