Dr Catherine Wynne C.Wynne@hull.ac.uk
Reader in Victorian and Early Twentieth-Century Literature and Visual Culture
Elizabeth Butler's literary and artistic landscapes : Ireland, Egypt and the Holy Land
Wynne, Catherine
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Abstract
Although best known as a military artist and praised by John Ruskin, Elizabeth Butler (1846–1933) also produced two illustrated books of travel writing, Letters from the Holy Land (1903) and From Sketch-Book and Diary (1909). This essay examines Butler's work in the context of imperial mobility, and explores her participation in discourses of empire. Examination of her travel narratives and selected paintings reveal a sophisticated engagement with the landscapes of empire and colony, shifting between her husband's military postings in Egypt in the 1880s and 1890s to their home in Ireland. Butler's travels in the West and the East produce exotic landscapes in painting and prose that evoke varied responses incorporating religious identifications, social sympathies, and orientalist inscriptions.
Citation
Wynne, C. (2009). Elizabeth Butler's literary and artistic landscapes : Ireland, Egypt and the Holy Land. Prose Studies, 31(2), 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/01440350903323553
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Nov 13, 2009 |
Publication Date | 2009-08 |
Journal | Prose Studies |
Print ISSN | 1743-9426 |
Electronic ISSN | 1743-9426 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 31 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 126-140 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/01440350903323553 |
Keywords | Elizabeth Butler; Military painting; Travel; Ireland; Egypt; Holy Land; Empire; Colonialism |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/396395 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01440350903323553 |
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