Ethel Wright, The Path of Roses – A Talk by Dr Anna Maddison
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Ethel Wright, The Path of Roses (c.1899)

Oil on canvas, 184.5 x 95.2 cm


Although perhaps less well known today, Ethel Wright was a successful British artist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She specialised in painting society portraits, exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy throughout her career. Ethel was also a passionate suffragette and painted key figures from the early women’s movement, including Christabel Pankhurst.

This talk considers The Path of Roses alongside Wright’s other important works, exploring her career as a respected painter and uncovering her connections to the suffragist movement.


Biography

Dr. Anna Maddison is an Art Historian specialising in the Victorian era. Her doctoral thesis addressed the influence of Victorian Spiritualism upon the work of Pre-Raphaelite poet-painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Dr. Maddison has 20 years’ experience of designing and teaching courses in higher education, working for the University of Liverpool (Continuing Education), LJMU, and as a freelance lecturer. She has taught at a number of art galleries over the years, including the Atkinson, the Walker, the Lady Lever and Tate Liverpool.

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