Crowe-Slaves Waiting for Sale - Richmond, Virginia

Eyre Crowe (1824–1910) was a British author and painter, principally of

historical art History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

and

genre scenes Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, ...

, but with an interest in

social realism Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structure ...

Early life

He was born in London, and grew up in France. He was the eldest son of the journalist Eyre Evans Crowe and brother of the journalist, diplomat and art historian

Joseph Archer Crowe Sir Joseph Archer Crowe (25 October 1825, London – 6 September 1896, Gamburg an der Tauber, today Werbach, Germany) was an English journalist, consular official and art historian, whose volumes of the ''History of Painting in Italy'', co ...

, whose son

Eyre Crowe Sir Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe (30 July 1864 – 28 April 1925) was a British diplomat, an expert on Germany in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He is best known for his vehement warning, in 1907, that Germany's expansionism was mo ...

became an important diplomat. He was a pupil of William Darley and later of

Paul Delaroche Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche (17 July 1797 – 4 November 1856) was a French painter who achieved his greater successes painting historical scenes. He became famous in Europe for his melodramatic depictions that often portrayed subjects from English ...

in Paris.

Career

He travelled in the United States as amanuensis to

William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel ''Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and t ...

between 1852 and 1853. He published ''With Thackeray in America'' (1893) and ''Thackeray's Haunts and Homes'' (1897). He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy in London between 1846 and 1908. In 1876 he was elected an

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Selected works

*''A Slave Sale in Charleston, South Carolina'' (1854; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba) *''Slaves Waiting for Sale: Richmond, Virginia'' (1861; Private collection) *''

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in the Pillory'' (1862;

Salford Museum and Art Gallery Salford Museum and Art Gallery, in Peel Park, Salford, Greater Manchester, opened to the public in November 1850 as the Royal Museum and Public Library. The gallery and museum are devoted to the history of Salford and Victorian art and architect ...

) *''Brick Court'' or ''Death of Goldsmith'' (1863) *''

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Pasting his Theses on the Church Door of

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'' (1864) *''Shinglers'' or ''The Foundry'' (1869) *''The Penance of

Dr Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford D ...

, 1784'' (1869) *''The Dinner Hour,

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'' (1874;

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) *''A Sheep-Shearing Match'' (1875) *''Sandwiches'' (1881) *''Convicts at Work,

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'' (1887) *''

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

Leaving England for the Last Time'' (1888) *''The Founder of English Astronomy'' (1891; see

Jeremiah Horrocks Jeremiah Horrocks (16183 January 1641), sometimes given as Jeremiah Horrox (the Latinised version that he used on the Emmanuel College register and in his Latin manuscripts), – See footnote 1 was an English astronomer. He was the first person ...

) *''The Brigs of

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'' (1894) *''The Gipsy's Rest'' (1897) *''Trial for

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'' (1897) *'' James II at the

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'' (1898)

External links

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Appreciation of Eyre Crowe A.R.A. (1824-1910)

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