Lady Trevelyan and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

by John Batchelor

Book Overview

Wallington Hall was remote from the major centers of artistic activity in early 19th-century Britain. Yet Pauline Trevelyan single-handedly made her home the focus of High Victorian cultural life. The penniless but clever daughter of a clergyman, Pauline Jermyn married an older man whom she met through a shared passion for geology. Sir Walter Trevelyan was a philanthropist, teetotal, vegetarian, pacifist, and very rich. With his encouragement, she...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0701173041
• ISBN13: 9780701173043
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"