The mower, the sower, and the mayor: Thomas Hardy and Hamo Thornycroft, encounters and affinities

Thomas, Jane

Abstract

This essay explores the intellectual and creative friendship between Thomas Hardy and Hamo Thornycroft, who met in 1883 when they were engaged upon works that were to define their respective careers. Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge and Thornycroft’s The Mower testify to the concern of both artists to dignify with the permanence of art fleeting moments of collision between the old world and the new whilst striving to balance the desire to idealize with the imperatives of the real.

Citation

Thomas, J. (2018). The mower, the sower, and the mayor: Thomas Hardy and Hamo Thornycroft, encounters and affinities. Word and Image, 34(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02666286.2017.1327306

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Feb 28, 2018
• Publication Date: Jan 2, 2018
• Deposit Date: Sep 1, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 27, 2022
• Journal: Word & image
• Print ISSN: 0266-6286
• Electronic ISSN: 1943-2178
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-15
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02666286.2017.1327306
• Keywords: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928; Thornycroft, William Hamo, Sir, 1850-1925; New sculpture; Rural labour
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/454435
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02666286.2017.1327306
• Additional Information: This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Word & image, 2018. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.