My Autobiography And Reminiscences - Volume 3

William Powell Frith was a Victorian painter who wrote an autobiography in two volumes in 1887. The third edition of the autobiography is reissued here, together with its supplementary volume of 1888. Frith was an ideal commentator on his age, never losing his early interest in literary and historical subjects. He moved in the highest artistic and literary circles, but also saw himself as a man of the people. His most famous works were his "modern-life" panoramas, Ramsgate Sands (1854), Derby Day (1858) and The Railway Station (1862). In Volume 3 of his autobiography, Frith discusses projects such as painting portraits of famous people, and the changing fashion in art. He reflects on everything from costume to portraiture, art dealers to female artists, and even picture frames. He also discusses the breakdown of the talented Richard Dadd, his admiration for Daniel Maclise, John Tenniel and George du Maurier, and his thoughts on the vagaries of fashion in art.

The celebrated Victorian narrative painter William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was a born raconteur. His two-volume autobiography of 1887 ran to three editions in the same year. The third edition is reissued here, together with its supplementary volume of 1888. Frith was an ideal commentator on his age. He never lost his early interest in literary and historical subjects, and moved in the highest artistic and literary circles. Yet he also saw himself as a man of the people. His most famous works were his 'modern-life' panoramas, Ramsgate Sands (1854), Derby Day (1858) and The Railway Station (1862). Discussing such projects, he reflects on everything from costume to portraiture, art dealers to female artists, and even picture frames. In particular, Volume 3 records the breakdown of the talented Richard Dadd, Frith's admiration for Daniel Maclise, John Tenniel and George du Maurier, and reflections on the vagaries of fashions in art.