Arts (140 pages found in this category)


John William Waterhouse

English artist known primarily for his depictions of women set in scenes from myth, legend or poetry. He is the best known of that group of artists who from the 1880s revived the literary themes favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites.

Joseph Noel Paton

Scottish artist, antiquary, poet and sculptor.

Juliana Horatia Ewing

English writer of children's stories, whose 1865 book The Brownies gave Agnes Baden-Powell the idea and the name for the junior level of the Girl Guides.

Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (painting)

Oil on canvas portrait of Lady Agnew by John Singer Sargent completed during 1892. Commissioned by her husband Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet.

Malcolm Saville

Leonard Malcolm Saville (21 February 1901 – 30 June 1982) was an English author best known for the Lone Pine series of children’s books, published between 1943 and 1978.

Manchester Madonna

Unfinished tempera on panel painting by Michelangelo.

Mancunian Film Corporation

British film production company founded in 1934, notable for establishing the only feature film studio outside of Greater London.

Mancunian Films

Redirected to Mancunian Film Corporation.

Mariamne

Oil painting by John William Waterhouse

Mark Sheridan

English music-hall comedian and singer, whose recording popularised the song "I do like to be beside the Seaside".