Annie Miller

 a wonderful portrait drawing of Annie Miller in 1853 by Holman Hunt that's new to public gaze is being sold at Sothebys on 5 July.   the house does not allow capture  of the image, but it opens here 

 https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/master-works-on-paper-from-five-centuries-2/annie-miller

Coming next spring

 

Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 | Tate Britain

Art and the US Civil War

 

this week I am contributing to a zoom series on 19th century art  by discussing the Pictorial and Political resonances of Rossetti's painting The Beloved.  As you know, a favourite of mine.

the course is listed here, and the date/time/details are for 21 JUNE

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/course-stories-of-art-1800-1900

Young Teacher

 

the good news is that  Rebecca Solomon's Young Teacher, depicting two white children with their ayah or Indian nanny painted from Fanny Eaton, has finally and formally been acquired as a joint acquisition by Tate Britain and the Museum of the Home in London

Tate and Museum of the Home jointly acquire Rebecca Solomon’s A Young Teacher – Press Release | Tate

 as they say, it's a painting 'of enormous significance where the themes of race, class, faith and gender intersect', most notably in respect of the role played by women from India in sustaining the British Raj in the 19th century.

Museum of the Home and Tate jointly acquire Rebecca Solomon's A Young Teacher | Museum of the Home

It'll shortly be on view at Millbank, in re-ordered British art rooms.