This is DGR's interesting evaluation of the work of the historical painter and portraitist Edward Maclise (1806-1870), who had recently died. As DGR makes explicit, his âimmediate subjectâ is not so much with Maclise's work in general as âwith
an early and subordinate, though not ephemeral, product of his
powers. I allude to the long series of character-portraitâ
chiefly drawn on stone with a lithographic pen, but in other
instances more elaborately etched or engravedâwhich he con-
tributed (under the pseudonym of âAlfred Croquisâ) to Fraser's
Magazine between the years 1830 and 1838.â However, the essay amounts to a comprehensive assessment because Maclise's greatest work was indeed exhibited in these lithographs so shrewdly anatomized by DGR.
The manuscript is not forthcoming. However, WMR dates the essay 1870, though it was not published until the following year, a few months after Maclise's death.
This collection contains 3 texts and images, including:
The Academy text
Scholarly Commentary
IntroductionÂ
This is DGR's interesting evaluation of the work of the historical painter and portraitist Edward Maclise (1806-1870), who had recently died. As DGR makes explicit, his âimmediate subjectâ is not so much with Maclise's work in general as âwith an early and subordinate, though not ephemeral, product of his powers. I allude to the long series of character-portraitâ chiefly drawn on stone with a lithographic pen, but in other instances more elaborately etched or engravedâwhich he con- tributed (under the pseudonym of âAlfred Croquisâ) to Fraser's Magazine between the years 1830 and 1838.â However, the essay amounts to a comprehensive assessment because Maclise's greatest work was indeed exhibited in these lithographs so shrewdly anatomized by DGR.
Textual History: CompositionÂ
The manuscript is not forthcoming. However, WMR dates the essay 1870, though it was not published until the following year, a few months after Maclise's death.
Printing HistoryÂ
The essay was first printed in the Academy (15 April 1871) and first collected in 1911.