Lithography and Britain 1880-1920
Supervised by Tom Young
Advised by David Peters Corbett
My research explores Britain’s second revival of artistic lithography through the initiatives of its key proponents, the Senefelder Club for the Advancement of Artistic Lithography and its members. The study traces the development of the revival’s lithographic rhetoric and practice from the restructuring of lithographic teaching at the turn of the century through the revival’s zenith during the First World War.
In following the activities of Club members, the paper seeks to reconstruct crucial networks – linking the revival to the wider political and cultural landscape – and to identify themes integral to the revival’s success, becoming vital elements of British lithography.
Education:
2021-2022: MA, History of Art (Distinction); The Courtauld Institute of Art; Thesis: “A New Calligraphy of War:” Authenticity and Autography in Paul Nash’s World War One Lithographs
2016-2020: BA, Art History with a minor in Museum Studies (Magna Cum Laude); Honors Thesis: A Modern Dance with Death: Percy Delf Smith’s Etchings and the Aesthetic of Direct Experience
Research Grants:
2024: Research England Grant, awarded by The Courtauld Institute of Art
Papers and Talks:
2025: Authenticity and Autography in Paul Nash’s World War One Lithographs, in the panel, ‘To Show One’s Hand: Effort in Practice and Reception’ at the Association for Art History Annual Conference (10 April 2025 University of York)
Research Interests:
- Early 20th-century lithography
- Materiality
- Social art history / art’s relationship to society
- Collective consciousness
- The First World War / war art
