John Trivett Nettleship
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John Trivett Nettleship (February 11, 1841 – August 31, 1902) was an English artist, known as a painter of animals and in particular lions, and author.[1]
He was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire. After training for a legal career, he became an art student and illustrator. He wrote in Essays on Robert Browning's poetry (1868) the first major work of criticism on Browning, whose mid-century reputation was in the doldrums. This brought him Browning's friendship. He was prominent as a founder of the Browning Society.[2] He wrote also a biography of the artist George Morland.
He was one of The Brotherhood, a group of the 1870s including John Butler Yeats and Edwin John Ellis.[3] They were admirers of William Blake, on friendly terms with the Pre-Raphaelites or at least the Rossetti brothers, and part of the Bedford Park social and artistic group.[4]
His daughter Ida (1877-1907) married the artist Augustus John.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biogrsphy
- ^ [1]: A committee was elected, of which Mr. J. T. Nettleship, already well known as a Browning student, was one of the most conspicuous members; and by the end of October a small Society had come into existence, which held its inaugural meeting in the Botanic Theatre of University College.
- ^ [2], [3]
- ^ R. F. Foster, W. B. Yeats: A Life (1998) I p. 12.
