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I recently visited the Walker Art Gallery‘s latest exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion. Having...

Page from the commonplace book of Ellen Warter, granddaughter of Robert Southey, Coll-1559, Centre for Research Collections, University...

Page from the commonplace book of Ellen Warter, granddaughter of Robert Southey, Coll-1559, Centre for Research Collections, University...

Between May and July 2016, I’ll be delivering an introductory art history course in Edinburgh in association with The New School of Art....

Between May and July 2016, I’ll be delivering an introductory art history course in Edinburgh in association with The New School of Art....

This week my twitter feed has been full of historical valentines and love themed art objects, such as this ‘Lobster in Love’ valentine’s...

This week my twitter feed has been full of historical valentines and love themed art objects, such as this ‘Lobster in Love’ valentine’s...

Friendship book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834), New York Public Library. Another week in review, another favourite from the Public Domain...

Friendship book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834), New York Public Library. Another week in review, another favourite from the Public Domain...

Object biographies: family histories and textual afterlives in the commonplace books of Ellen Warter This paper will focus on two...

Object biographies: family histories and textual afterlives in the commonplace books of Ellen Warter This paper will focus on two...