{"title":"Clifton, John","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Skinner Clifton (1821-1889)\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Beverley in East Yorkshire in 1821, son of William Clifton and Mary Noble Clifton. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe trained at the Royal Academy and exhibited three pictures there 1852-69, and two at the British Institution 1861-67. He is recorded living in London in 1852, but had moved to Oxford by 1857. The 1881 census shows that he was assistant master of the department of science and art at that time, presumably at Oxford University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was a painter of historical and literary subjects and, like so many artists, came under Pre-Raphaelite influence in the 1850s. It's possible that he knew Rossetti, Morris, Burne-Jones and their friends when they went to Oxford in the Long Vacation of 1857 to paint Arthurian murals in the Debating Chamber at the Union.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"clifton-john-s-1821-1889-love-1850s","title":"Clifton, John S. (1821-1889) - Love 1850s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis painting by John S. Clifton is based on the poem 'Love' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Moonshine stealing o'er the scene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHad blended with the lights of Eve,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd she was there, my hope, my joy,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy own dear Genevieve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe stood beside the arméd man,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe statue of the arméd knight;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe stood and listened to my harp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmid the lingering light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI played a soft and doleful air,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI sang an old and moving story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn old rude song, that suited well\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat ruin wild and hoary.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 5030 pixels wide by 6540 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead more about \u003ca title=\"John Skinner Clifton\" href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/clifton-john\"\u003eJohn Skinner Clifton\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50768781148490,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Clifton_JohnS._1822-1889_-Love1850s_main.jpg?v=1747051964"},{"product_id":"pre-raphaelite-collection-574-high-resolution-images","title":"Pre-Raphaelite Collection - 574 High Resolution Images","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExperience the beauty and passion of the Pre-Raphaelite movement through this collection of 574 images from talented Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood members and artists who embraced the style.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"3096898007996193811\"\u003eThe Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and art critics formed in 1848. They rejected the academic art of the Royal Academy and instead sought inspiration in the art of the Italian Renaissance period before Raphael. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"3096898007996192440\"\u003eThe group's name reflected their preference for the \"primitive\" and \"innocent\" style of that era.\u003cspan class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"658cb21f-afe5-40e7-818e-d80903faf6db\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"3096898007996192440\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"658cb21f-afe5-40e7-818e-d80903faf6db\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003eIt was founded by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson, Frederic George Stephens and Thomas Woolner who formed a seven-member \"Brotherhood\" partly modelled on the Nazarene movement. 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