From a saint’s integrated office, through tables with quills and ink-pots, to beautifully crafted furniture for the home office.
Martineau
Middle class collectors came to like paintings of interiors, sometimes without any figures at all. Others were Orientalist, or told open-ended narrative.
Popular comedy about a man who marries and shrew and sets about trying to tame her. Frequently painted.
Paintings by David, Richard Dadd, Carl Larsson, Pierre Bonnard, and Jean Béraud exploring the roles of writing in the nineteenth century.
