Conquering England
Oscar Wilde
by W. & D. Downey
28 May 1889, published 1891
NPG x27397
Past exhibition archive
9 March - 19 June 2005
Porter Gallery
Admission free
Supported by:
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'England had conquered Ireland, so there was nothing for it but to come over and conquer England' G.B. Shaw
This exhibition examines the Irish presence in London during the Victorian period, following the Union between Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, and, through it, changing perspectives on Ireland. It focuses on artists such as Daniel Maclise, charismatic politicians like Charles Stewart Parnell, populist journalists like T.P. O'Connor and important theatrical impresarios such as Dion Boucicault and Bram Stoker. The exhibition also explores the lives and work of Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw and W.B. Yeats. Works in a wide range of media are featured, from oil paintings, drawings and prints to contemporary magazines, books and manuscripts.
Publications
- Conquering Ireland: Ireland in Victorian London
and:
- The Irish Face
- The Irish Literary Movement
- Oscar Wilde and His Circle
Links
- Conquering London: Irish artists in the capital
Related portraits
- William Maginn (NPG 5513)
- William Mulready (NPG 1690)
- Daniel O'Connell (NPG 4582)
- Daniel Maclise (NPG 616)
- Isaac Butt (NPG 3831)
- William Allingham (NPG 1647)
- Thomas Power O'Connor (NPG 3127)
- Oscar Wilde (NPG 2265)
- Charles Stewart Parnell, Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt, and Thomas Miller Beach (NPG 2244)
- Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson (NPG 5476)
- Oscar Wilde (NPG x27397)
- A Family Group, framed, glazed and ready to be hung up at Brookes's (NPG D41329)
- Dion Boucicault (in 'The Shaughraun') (NPG D17097)
- Sir (William) Arthur Robinson (NPG x9418)
Related sitters
- William Allingham
- Thomas Miller Beach
- John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
- Dion Boucicault (Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot)
- Isaac Butt
- Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson
- Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue
- Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt
- Daniel Maclise
- William Maginn
- William Mulready
- Daniel O'Connell
- Thomas Power O'Connor
- Charles Stewart Parnell
- Sir (William) Arthur Robinson
- Oscar Wilde