Bitten By Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home
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Bitten By Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home

Bitten By Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home

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Lucinda Hawksley (Author)  

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Winner: Best Trade Illustrated Book, British Book Design & Production Awards 2017 'As to the arsenic scare a greater folly it is hardly possible to imagine: the doctors were bitten as people were bitten by the witch fever.' - William Morris on toxic wallpapers, 1885. Bitten by Witch Fever presents facsimile samples of 275 of the most sumptuous wallpaper designs ever created by designers and printers of the age, including Christopher Dresser and Morris & Co. For the first time in their history, every one of the samples shown has been laboratory tested and found to contain arsenic. Interleaved with the wallpaper sections, evocative commentary guides you through the incredible story of the manufacture, uses and effects of arsenic, and presents the heated public debate surrounding the use of deadly pigments in the sublime wallpapers of a newly industrialized world. Chosen by Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss for their Belletrist Book Club's Gift Guide. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout; Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
Lucinda Hawksley is the author of three biographies of Victorian artists: Lizzie Siddal,Kate Perugini (nee Dickens) and Princess Louise. She also writes about art history, socialhistory, literature and the life and works of her great-great-great-grandfather CharlesDickens. Lucinda is a Pre-Raphaelite and Aestheticism expert and a regular lecturer atthe National Portrait Gallery in London.
  • Contributor: Lucinda Hawksley
  • Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • ISBN13: 9780500518380
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 195x250mm
  • Packaged Weight: 920
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Release Date: 2016-10-20
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Lucinda Hawksley is the author of three biographies of Victorian artists: Lizzie Siddal,Kate Perugini (nee Dickens) and Princess Louise. She also writes about art history, socialhistory, literature and the life and works of her great-great-great-grandfather CharlesDickens. Lucinda is a Pre-Raphaelite and Aestheticism expert and a regular lecturer atthe National Portrait Gallery in London.

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