When women were admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1860, female art students gained a foothold in the most conservative art institution in England. The Ro

Looks at the experience of women painters within the oppressive confines of the Victorian patriarchy. Using biographies, journals and letters, Cherry shows how

When women were admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1860, female art students gained a foothold in the most conservative art institution in England. The Ro

Examines the ideology of women's art practice and their position in the art world of Victorian Britain in relation to codes of femininity and feminist movements