A cheap substitute for tapestries, they came of age in the 19th century when paper could be made in long rolls and colour printing had improved.
Egg
Popularised with large-format colour printing in the middle of the 19th century, there appear in several paintings where they contribute to the reading.
A dramatic family break-up, Norwegian light and music, a library, ornate decor with a bird cage, and a truly avant-garde interior of 1913.
Sorolla’s White Slave Trade, a mother’s adultery and break up of her family, the awakened conscience offering redemption, or destitution.
19th century paintings showing homeless families, from Doré, Marianne Stokes, Erik Henningsen, and others.
To celebrate his bicentenary, here are some early works, including some of his ‘faerie paintings’ of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
Hogarth’s series spawned several others, the most significant being by Augustus Egg and William Frith.
The Eclectic Light Company 