Journals and Correspondence of Lady Eastlake - 9781108074261

Journals and Correspondence of Lady EastlakeWith Facsimiles of her Drawings and a Portrait\nAuthor(s): Elizabeth Eastlake, Charles Eastlake Smith\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108074261, 978-1108074261\nSynopsis\nLater known as Lady Eastlake, the writer Elizabeth Rigby [tel] travelled widely in her early years, and subsequently moved in the highest literary and artistic circles. After an illness in 1827 she was taken abroad to recover, and her encounters with European art led to her writing career. In 1849, she married the painter Charles Eastlake, who became the director of the National Gallery and president of the Royal Academy. Continuing to write, especially for the Quarterly Magazine, on literature and art, she spent part of each year touring galleries and private collections across Europe. This engaging two-volume work of 1895, edited by her nephew and full of shrewd judgements on art.