Anna Sewell's Black Beauty
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“There is no religion without love, |
Anna Sewell's Black Beauty was and remains a great inspiration for animal rights. Published in 1877, Sewell only lived 5 months after its first appearance She was able to see it become a great success but would hardly have imagined that it would continue to touch hearts and souls over 140 years later.
In 1915, it was with a stroke of genius that Lucy Kemp Welch was engaged to illustrate a beautiful edition of the book.
Lucy Kemp Welch was a famous painter of military horses who had attended Hubert von Herkomer's art school in 1891 and then took over its management in 1905, ultimately moving it to her own home and running it under her own name and specialty as the Kemp-Welch School of Animal Painting.
Her paintings of military horses are animated and affecting - she painted horses from life in training during World War I.
It was also during World War I that she provided paintings for the 1915 edition of Black Beauty. Her affectionate understanding of her subject shines through in these beautiful pictures.
In 1915, it was with a stroke of genius that Lucy Kemp Welch was engaged to illustrate a beautiful edition of the book.
Lucy Kemp Welch was a famous painter of military horses who had attended Hubert von Herkomer's art school in 1891 and then took over its management in 1905, ultimately moving it to her own home and running it under her own name and specialty as the Kemp-Welch School of Animal Painting.
Her paintings of military horses are animated and affecting - she painted horses from life in training during World War I.
It was also during World War I that she provided paintings for the 1915 edition of Black Beauty. Her affectionate understanding of her subject shines through in these beautiful pictures.