The Association of Historians of Nineteenth Century Art (AHNCA) is hosting two virtual salons, one on 17 January 17 and the other on 24 January to learn more about books published in 2024 by AHNCA members. Each author will give a brief presentation about their book, followed by a discussion among the authors and a Q&A with the audience.
of particualr note is the salon taking place on 24 January which will include Jeff Rosen who will be discussing his book Julia Margaret Cameron: The Colonial Shadows of Victorian Photography. The full programme is:
Ruth E. Iskin, Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York: The Making of a Transatlantic Legacy
Sarah Lewis, The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America
Kimberly A. Orcutt, The American Art-Union: Utopia and Skepticism in the Antebellum Era
Jeff Rosen, Julia Margaret Cameron: The Colonial Shadows of Victorian Photography
Julia Margaret Cameron: The Colonial Shadows of Victorian Photography
Paul mellon Centre for Srtudies in British Art
ISBN: 9781913107420
292 pages
Rosen examines how Cameron and her family processed news of the rebellion alongside former colonists and government officials, men such as Sir John Herschel, Lord Lansdowne, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and her husband, Charles Cameron. He also demonstrates how Cameron's artistic choices were inspired by the fine art criticism associated with the Arundel Society and the South Kensington Museum. In the process, Rosen analyses the symbolism in Cameron's portraits, the political codes in her imagery of widows and orphans, and the historical narratives that informed her allegories of the revolt and its aftermath.
Attendance for the Salon is free but registration in required.
Virtual Salon
24 January 2025 at 1400 (EST) | 1900 (UTC) | 2000 (CET)
Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlf-ihrDsuEtf3pWA02hVoYI5MJ22Vx45
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