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Charles Stewart

Charles Stewart, Illustration for Uncle Silas, 'At the far end of a handsome wainscoted room, sat a singular looking old man'

RA Exhibitions

8 years ago

Podcast: Charles Stewart lunchtime lecture

Curator Amanda Doran, in conversation with Sue Bradbury, former editorial director of the Folio Society, discusses the illustrator Charles Stewart.
Charles Stewart, Self-portrait

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8 years ago

Artist of the month: February 2015

The illustrator Charles Stewart’s preoccupation with the past suggests he lead an unusual life.
Charles Stewart, Self-portrait

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8 years ago

The extraordinary life of Charles Stewart

Charles Stewart’s illustrations to the Gothic novel Uncle Silas hint at an unusual life. Here are five surprising facts.
Charles Stewart , ‘Uncle Silas’: Frontispiece

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8 years ago

The story of Uncle Silas

A young girl is trapped in a mansion with her mysterious uncle and a sinister governess. With Charles Stewart’s illustrations to this Gothic novel in our Tennant Gallery, the curator walks us through the story.

Hans Baldung Grien (1484-1545), The Witches’ Sabbath (detail)

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Dark arts: From Renaissance woodcuts to the Chapmans

As Halloween looms, galleries across London and the UK are putting on exhibitions of a notably gothic nature.