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In the Lion´s Den: Daniel Macdonald, Ireland and Empire
Nianh O´sullivan
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Description for In the Lion´s Den: Daniel Macdonald, Ireland and Empire
Paperback. Niamh O'Sullivan's fascinating book reveals compelling new subtexts to the work of Macdonald and re-establishes him as a painter of national importance Num Pages: 152 pages, fully illustrated. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 307 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 800.
In 1847, in the British Institution, there hung a harrowing painting 'An Irish Peasant Family Discovering the Blight of their Store', the first and the last known contemporaneous painting of the Great Irish Famine. The painter was Daniel Macdonald (1820-1853), a young Irish artist recently arrived in London.Niamh O'Sullivan's fascinating book reveals compelling new subtexts to the work of Macdonald and re-establishes him as a painter of national importance; it also sheds original light on the social and visual culture of Ireland in the years leading up to and including the Famine. Themes rarely visited by Irish artists - rural ... Read more
In 1847, in the British Institution, there hung a harrowing painting 'An Irish Peasant Family Discovering the Blight of their Store', the first and the last known contemporaneous painting of the Great Irish Famine. The painter was Daniel Macdonald (1820-1853), a young Irish artist recently arrived in London.Niamh O'Sullivan's fascinating book reveals compelling new subtexts to the work of Macdonald and re-establishes him as a painter of national importance; it also sheds original light on the social and visual culture of Ireland in the years leading up to and including the Famine. Themes rarely visited by Irish artists - rural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Hamden, United States
ISBN
9780990468684
SKU
V9780990468684
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About Nianh O´sullivan
Niamh O'Sullivan is Professor Emeritus of Visual Culture (National College of Art and Design) and Curator of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, Quinnipiac University.
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