Valentine Cameron Prinsep
Valentine Cameron Prinsep | |
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Pre-Raphaelite | |
| Spouse |
Florence Leyland (m. 1884) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Henry Prinsep Sarah Monckton Pattle |
| Relatives | Julia Margaret Cameron (aunt) Virginia Woolf (aunt's grandchild) |
Valentine Cameron Prinsep
Early life
Born in
Henry and Sarah Prinsep returned to England in 1843. They settled in 1851 at Little Holland House, and made it a centre of artistic society.[1]
Studies, travel, painter
Henry Thoby Prinsep was a friend of the painter
Prinsep was a close friend of
From 1862 to his death Prinsep was an annual exhibitor at the Royal Academy. He was elected
Death and monument
Prinsep died at Holland Park, west London in 1904, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[5] He was buried with his wife Florence. The distinctive Roman style monument lies on the western path between the north entrance and the central buildings. He was an enthusiastic volunteer, and one of the founders of the Artists Rifles.[3]
Works
Prinsep's major paintings were Miriam watching the infant Moses (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1867), A Venetian lover (1868), Bacchus and Ariadne (1869), News from abroad (1871), The linen gatherers (1876), The gleaners, and A minuet.[3]
In 1877, Prinsep returned to India and painted a huge picture of the Delhi Durbar. It was a commission from Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, the Viceroy of India. It was exhibited in 1880 at the Royal Academy, presented to Queen Victoria and afterwards hung at Buckingham Palace. This "colossal work" attracted press comment, positive and negative.[6][1] Later exhibits were À Versailles, The Emperor Theophilus chooses his Wife, The Broken Idol and The Goose Girl.[3]
Prinsep wrote two plays, Cousin Dick and Monsieur le Duc, produced at the Royal Court Theatre and the St James's Theatre theatres respectively; two novels; and Imperial India: an Artist's Journal (1879).[2]
Family
Prinsep married in 1884 Florence née Leyland, daughter of Frederick Richards Leyland of Wootten Hall, Liverpool.[2] She survived him, they had three sons.[3]
- Frederick Thoby Leyland (b.1887)
- Anthony Leyland Val (1888–1942), married in 1911 Marie Lohr, they managed the Globe Theatre in London from 1911 to until their divorce in 1928. He then married Margaret Bannerman.[7]
- Nicholas John Andrew Leyland (born 1894), married American dancer and singer Anita Elson in 1930.[8]
Gallery
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My Lady Betty, c. 1864 -
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Dame Madge Kendal (1880)
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35615. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gibson 1912.
- ^ J. F. C. Harrison ,A History of the Working Men's College (1854–1954), Routledge Kegan Paul, 1954
- ^ "brompton.org is available for purchase – Sedo.com".
- ^ 'Royal Academy Exhibition (First Notice)', The Times, 3 May 1880, p. 9.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40471. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Lyttelton, Edward (1933). The Old Public School Boys' Who's Who series: Eton. St. James's Press. p. 660.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gibson, Frank W. (1912). "Prinsep, Valentine Cameron". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Prinsep, Valentine Cameron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 350.
External links
- Val Prinsep, R.A., Dead, The New York Times, 13 November 1904
- Artcyclopedia links to paintings
- Valentine Cameron Prinsep At The First Touch of Winter, Summer Fades Away is in the collection at Gallery Oldham, Greater Manchester
- 38 artworks by or after Valentine Cameron Prinsep at the Art UK site
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