Additional information
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Giclee Mixed Media |
| Edition Size | 25 + 5 AP's |
| Mounted Size | 27.5" x 19.5" |
| Framed Size | 31.5" x 23.5" |
| Availability | Available to Order |
Pride & Prejudice By Chess
£355.00 – £395.00
Pride & Prejudice
A Limited Edition of 25 + 5 Artist proofs
Giclee on Paper
By Chess
Description
Pride & Prejudice By Chess
Genuine Articles Used in the Collage ‘Thoughts of Love’ – C.F. Smyth – Alfred Oliver & Co. London‘Live, Laugh, and Love’ – 1931 – Werner R. Heymann – Campbell, Connelly & Co. Ltd London‘In the Gardens of England’ – 1921 – William G. James – G. Ricordi & Co. LondonPride and Prejudice – Jane Austen – Penguin Popular Classics, London – 1994
“Original artwork collage uses genuine vintage sections of the Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife – N.Arlott, R.Fitter, A.Fitter – HarperCollins 1994”
Chess is a mixed media artist based in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Her work firmly roots the iconic figures that she paints in their context, incorporating original newspaper clippings from throughout their lives and legacies.
The textual element of her work brings together the love of reading and writing that she explored through her English degree and Creative Writing Masters with her love of painting and creating.
The finished pieces, as well as being detailed portraits, have the added dimension of the stories that are attached to them.
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.
Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the girls marry well to support the others, which is a motivation that drives the plot.
Pride and Prejudice has consistently appeared near the top of lists of “most-loved books” among literary scholars and the reading public. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold, and has inspired many derivatives in modern literature. For more than a century, dramatic adaptations, reprints, unofficial sequels, films, and TV versions of Pride and Prejudice have portrayed the memorable characters and themes of the novel, reaching mass audiences.
