Maria Spilsbury (1776�1820)

Artist and Evangelical

Charlotte Yeldham

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Routledge
14 October 2024

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

Maria Spilsbury Taylor (1776-1820) lived and worked in London and Ireland and was patronized by the Prince Regent. A painter of portraits, genre scenes, biblical subjects and large crowd compositions - an unusual feature in women's art of this period - she is represented in major museums and art galleries as well as in numerous private collections. Her work, hitherto considered on a purely decorative level, merits closer attention. For the first time, this volume argues the relevance of Spilsbury's religious background, and in particular her evangelical and Moravian connections, to the interpretation of her art and examines her pervasive, and often inovert references to the Bible, hymnody and religious writing. The art that emerges is distinctly Protestant and evangelical, offering a vivid illustration of the mood of patriotic, Protestant fervour that characterized the quarter century succeeding the French revolution. This focus may be situated in the general context of increasing interest in the religious faith of historical actors - men and women - in the eighteenth century, and in the related contexts of growing acknowledgement of a religious aspect to ""enlightenment"" art, as well as investigations into Protestant culture in Ireland. The book is extensively illustrated and contains a list of all of Spilsbury's known works.

By: Charlotte Yeldham
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9781032926445
ISBN 10: 1032926449
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 14 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents: Introduction; Family background; A Moravian childhood; Early career; Themes 1798-1813; Exhibition and marriage; Ireland 1813/14 to1820; Reputation; List of works; Bibliography; Index.

Charlotte Yeldham is an independent scholar based in the UK.

Reviews for Maria Spilsbury (1776�1820): Artist and Evangelical

'...an excellent contextualization for Spilsbury's art...a valuable addition to the study of Evangelicalism [that] should help art historians and religious historians understand each other's work better.' Anne Stott, Open University, UK, author of Hannah More: The First Victorian 'As well as biographical and evaluative chapters [this book] contains a useful and well-researched listing of [Maria Spilsbury's] works: there is much work between these covers. Further, [Charlotte Yeldham] compellingly illustrates that there was real interchange between evangelicals and the world of art, an interchange in which women had a place, as well as opening up the dimension of art, religion, and women in Irish history. These are fields of ongoing discussion to which this makes an important contribution.' Wesley and Methodist Studies Maria Spilsbury (1776-1820): Artist and Evangelical is an indispensable resource for Spilsbury scholarship, and for the present may well be her best extant biography and catalogue raisonn In addition to illuminating her life and work, it also serves to underscore the often overlooked influence of Evangelicalism in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British painting. In her book, Yeldham delivers a robust, welcome, and long overdue examination of this artist, and I hope that it will instigate continued scholarship concerning both Spilsbury and the interplay between Evangelicalism and visual culture. Caa.reviews