Henry Nelson O'Neil
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Henry Nelson O'Neil
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O'Neil was a member of
.Most of the Clique opposed the Pre-Raphaelites, but O'Neil was the most virulent in his condemnation of the movement, attacking them in both paintings and writings. These included his
In July, 1865, O'Neil accompanied the Great Eastern on her voyage to lay the cable of the Atlantic telegraph, hoping to find on board a subject suitable for a picture: the unfortunate breaking of the cable, however, prevented the accomplishment of the artist’s intention. During the voyage he edited and illustrated five issues of the shipboard newsletter The Atlantic Telegraph, and on his return to England he published an account of the expedition in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. In 1866 he again accompanied the cable expedition, producing five more publications which were printed on board, and later wrote a humorous account of the voyage for the magazine London Society.
Gallery
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Eastward Ho! (1857)
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Before Waterloo (1868)
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The Letter Writer (1860)
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The Trial of Katherine of Aragon
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The Landing of H.R.H. the Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, March 7, 1863 (1864; National Maritime Museum, London)
External links
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- 28 artworks by or after Henry Nelson O'Neil at the Art UK site
- Discussion of The Parting Cheer, by Henry O'Neil
- O'Neil's Satirical Dialogues at Internet Archive
- Two Thousand Years Hence at Google Books
- Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
- O'Neil's entry in Representative Men in Literature, Science and Art at Google Books
- O'Neil's articles on the 1865 and 1866 Atlantic cable expeditions
- Shipboard publishing on Great Eastern