Thomas Seddon
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Thomas Seddon (28 August 1821 in
Life
Seddon was born on 28 August 1821 in
He then returned to work in the family business.
By the beginning of 1848 Seddon had come into contact with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, having met
Seddon spent much of the early part of 1853 preparing for a journey to Egypt in the company of one of the Brotherhood's founders, William Holman Hunt. In June he went to Dinan again, where he painted a large and elaborate landscape showing the ruined monastery of Léhon. Seddon left France for Egypt in November, arriving in Alexandria on 6 December,[15] and moved on to Cairo, Hunt not having yet arrived.
Seddon and Hunt set up camp near the Pyramids, with another Englishman called Nicholson, who was terminally ill, and died there.
Although the Valley of Jehosphat was exhibited with the subtitle Painted on the Spot during the Summer and Autumn Months, Seddon continued to work on it in Dinan, along with another oil painting and two watercolours also begun in Jerusalem,.[18] He finally finished it, with some help from Hunt, following his return to London in January 1855 and showed it for the first time at an exhibition in his studio in Berners Street in March of the same year.[18] His Eastern subjects were exhibited again the following year in Conduit Street.
In October 1856 Seddon visited Cairo again,
A memoir of Seddon, by his brother, John Pollard Seddon, was published in 1859.[2]
See also
- List of Pre-Raphaelite paintings - including the works of Thomas Seddon.
References
- ^ a b c Graves, Robert Edmund (1897). "Seddon, Thomas (1821-1856)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 4.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 5.
- ^ The Orientalists (Exhibition catalogue). London: The Royal Academy of Arts. 1984. pp. 227–9.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 7.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 8.
- ^ Staley & Newall 2004, pp. 106–7.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 11–13.
- ^ Seddon 1858, pp. 14–15.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 15.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 17.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 20–21.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 23.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 29.
- ^ Seddon 1858, p. 51-8.
- ^ a b Seddon 1858, p. 64.
- ^ a b c The Pre-Raphaelites (Exhibition catalogue). London: Tate Gallery. 1984. pp. 151–2.
- ^ Staley & Newall 2004, p. 120.
Sources
- Seddon, John Pollard (1858). Memoir and Letters of the late Thomas Seddon, Artist. London: James Nisbet.
- Staley, Allen & Newall, Christopher (2004). Pre-Raphaelite Vision:Truth to Nature. London: The Tate Gallery.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Seddon, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 577. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Thomas Seddon on ArtCyclopedia.
- Thomas Seddon on Art Renewal Center.
- 2 artworks by or after Thomas Seddon at the Art UK site