Reframing war : British military painting 1854 to 1918
Journal: White Rose eTheses Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)
Year: 2015

In this thesis I argue for a re-assessment of the place within art historical research of a neglected cohort of late-Victorian battle artists who continued to paint military scenes into the second decade of the twentieth century. I chart the move towards a graphic representation of the rank and file in the art of Elizabeth Butler (1846-1933) which served to alert the public and the art world to the brutal effects of war on the individual soldier and how this move impacted on her fellow late-Vict