"Mady's tightrope walk": The Career of Marian Huxley Collier

Sanders, Valerie

Abstract

The chapter considers the career of Thomas Henry Huxley's artist daughter Marian Collier, and what it tells us about the 'invisibility' of Victorian women artists: some shared themes of which are reflected in Ella Hepworth Dixons  1894 novel, 'The Story of a Modern Woman'   

Citation

Sanders, V. (2013). "Mady's tightrope walk": The Career of Marian Huxley Collier. In K. Hadjiafxendi, & T. Zakreski (Eds.), Crafting the Woman Professional in the Long Nineteenth Century. Artistry and Industry in Britain (227-242). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315574561

• Online Publication Date: May 13, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 28, 2013
• Deposit Date: May 3, 2022
• Publisher: Ashgate
• Pages: 227-242
• Book Title: Crafting the Woman Professional in the Long Nineteenth Century. Artistry and Industry in Britain
• Chapter Number: 11
• ISBN: 9781472408969 ; 9781138276680
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315574561
• Keywords: Victorian woman artist fatherhood Huxley Collier Hepworth Dixon
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/429311
• Additional Information: Reprinted by Routledge
• Contract Date: Sep 1, 2013