Thomas Seddon (original) (raw)

Biography

Like Holman Hunt, Seddon believed that his visit to the Middle East had provided him with invaluable access to visible truths unavailable to those without first-hand knowledge of the landscape. Experiencing the landscapes that had provided the setting for the events of sacred history itself made that history appear more authentic and more believable.... first-hand encounter with the landscape of Jerusalem and other sacred sites offered both a high artistic opportunity and an equally high artistic duty. — George P. Landow

Biographical Material and Discussions

• Thomas Seddon (1821-1856): A Brief Biography
• Thomas Seddon's "Moriah"

Works

• Paintings in oil and watercolors

Bibliography

Eastern Encounters: Orientalist Paintings of the Nineteenth Century. London: The Fine Art Society, 1978.

Hunt, William Holman. Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 2 vols. London: 1905.

Landow, George P. "Thomas Seddon's "Moriah." The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic Studies. 1 (1987), 59-65. [text]

"William Holman Hunt's Letters to Thomas Seddon." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 66 (1983), 139-72.

Memoir and Letters of the Late Thomas Seddon, Artist. ed. John P. Seddon. London: James Nisbet, 1858.

Staley, Alan. The Pre-Raphaelite Landscape. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 19.

Created 9 June 2004

Last modified 26 March 2024