Life and Letters of Joseph Severn

Informationen zum Autor Born in Nottingham, England, in 1952 into a working class family, William Sharp was educated at Nottingham High School for Boys, and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. In 1977, he moved to Norway where he married a young woman from Bergen. They had first met in Hamar a few years earlier and became a couple when she moved to Newcastle for a year to study English. Living first in Bergen and later moving to the Stavanger area where William took up employment in an oil company, he and his wife lived there until retiring and moving to the UK in 2015. He has two daughters and four grandchildren, all living in England. Klappentext Originally published in 1892, this is the biography of the painter best remembered for his friendship with John Keats. Zusammenfassung Joseph Severn (1793–1879), painter and British consul at Rome, is best remembered for his close friendship with the poet John Keats. Originally published in 1892, this biography utilises Severn's vast - though at times inconsistent - correspondence, tracing his life from youth to death, through his years of intimacy with Keats. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Early training; 2. First meeting with Keats; 3. Severn's art prospects; 4. Letter from Haslam about Keats; 5. Keats - reminiscences; 6. A vision of Endymion; 7. Letter from Richard Westmacott; 8. The Keats-memorial; 9. Severn's life in London; 10. Joseph Severn's miscellaneous writings; 11. Return to Rome; 12. Severn's consular years; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: William Sharp, Sharp William
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9781108061148
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06114-8
• No. of pages: 366
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Biography: arts & entertainment, History of Art, Biography: arts and entertainment