Steam locomotives gripped the imagination when they first appeared in nineteenth-century Europe and America. Aboard these great machines, passengers travelled at faster speeds than ever before. This work captures both the fear and excitement of early train travel as it probes the artistic response to steam locomotion within its social setting.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) and Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), this volume explores the life and work of nineteenth-century English painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It features 190 illustrations (many in color) of works from all periods of the artis

The personalities and careers of Victorian artists, and their social and intellectual context, are explored in this account which aims to reveal how they blended foreign influence with the native British tradition. Artists include the Pre-Raphaelites, Landseer, Frith, Ruskin, Whistler and Steer.