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Jane Hurlstone

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Jane Hurlstone (née Coral; died 2 October 1858) was a Scottish watercolour artist and vegetarianism activist. She has been cited as one of the founding members of the RSPCA.[1] Hurlstone was a supporter of Owenism, animal welfare and Italian nationalism.[2]

Biography

Hurlstone was born in Scotland.[2] She married Frederick Yeates Hurlstone, a fellow artist, in 1836.[3] She exhibited some watercolour drawings and portraits at the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists; from 1850 to 1856 she contributed to the latter exhibition only fancy subjects in oil-colours.

Hurlstone died in 1858; she was survived by her husband and two sons, one of whom was also an artist.[4]

References

  1. ^ Gregory, James R.T.E. (June 2013). "James "Shepherd" Smith (1801–1857) and the "Spiritualists": Attitudes to mysticism and physical puritanism in "The Shepherd" and "The Family Herald"". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b Gregory, James (2007). Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain. London: Tauris Academic Studies. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4356-1584-7. OCLC 184749981.
  3. ^ The Register, and Magazine of Biography: A Record of Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Other Genealogical and Personal Occurrences. Vol. 1–2. Nichols and sons. 1869. p. 92.
  4. ^ Graves, Robert Edmund. "Hurlstone, Frederick Yeates". Dictionary of National Biography 1885–1900. Vol. 28.
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