Publisher's Synopsis
In this volume Angela Thirlwell, deals with the broader aspects of the artist's developments, setting his works in the context of his life, Tim Barringer, studies the difficulty of categorizing Madox Brown's work, and his refusal to be defined by a particular artistic movement, and Laura MacCulloch, looks specifically at Madox Brown's illustrations, including his undervalued drawings for Shakespeare's King Lear and Byron's The Prisoner of Chillon. Ther is a complete catalogue listing of all 174 drawings, watercolours, designs and archive material by Madox Brown in the BMAG collection.