Reframing the Wild explores the relationships between humans, animals, and art, drawing on various art objects to demonstrate how humans have shaped understandings of the natural world through art. From the eighteenth century, imperialism, industrialisation and scientific developments transformed, challenged, and threatened relationships between humans and animals. This exhibition aims to provoke viewers to consider the ways in which wildlife exists only as defined by humans.
Reframing the Wild took place at Wolverhampton Art Gallery in 2019, curated by Dr Kate Nichols, Fellow of the University of Birmingham's Department of Art History, and Dr Samuel Shaw, Teaching Fellow in Nineteenth Century Art at the University of Leicester.
The Creation 1921
George Spencer Watson (1869–1934)
Oil on canvas
H 162 x W 142 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
A Tiger 1818
Charles Towne (1781–1854)
Oil on panel
H 33.5 x W 22 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Italian Dancing-Dog Master 1790–1819
Edward Bird (1772–1819)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 63.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
John Callcott Horsley (1817–1903)
Oil on canvas
H 59.5 x W 71.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Charles Baxter (1809–1879)
Oil on board
H 26 x W 22 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Sunday Afternoon 1853
Edward Thompson Davis (1833–1867)
Oil on canvas
H 72.5 x W 42 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
The Pet Bird 1820–1870
Daniel Maclise (1806–1870)
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 70.6 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Waiting 1840–1875
George Armfield (1810–1893)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 61 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
A Prize Bull 1800–1876
Edmund Bristow (1787–1876)
Oil on canvas
H 61.5 x W 77 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Cattle and Sheep 1868
William Huggins (1820–1884)
Oil on board
H 34 x W 49.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Walter Hunt (1861–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 114.5 x W 77 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Girl with Two Cows 1890–1950
Giffard Hocart Lenfestey (1872–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 76 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Feeding the Chicks 1862
John Linnell (1792–1882)
Oil on canvas
H 26 x W 32.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Four Sheep 1874
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803–1902)
Oil on panel
H 45 x W 35 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Landscape with Cattle and Fowl 1874
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803–1902)
Oil on canvas
H 42.5 x W 53.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Waiting to Be Fed 1906
Edgar Hunt (1876–1953)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 45.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
The Donkey 1897
Walter Hunt (1861–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 30.5 x W 40.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
The Village Cobbler 1885
Thomas Hill (active 1878–1913)
Oil on canvas
H 49.3 x W 39.4 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
The Silken Gown 1860
Thomas Faed (1825–1900)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 63.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
A Good Day 1875
Friedrich Voltz (1817–1886)
Oil on canvas
H 80.5 x W 124 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Still Life with Dead Duck 1830–1873
William Davis (1812–1873)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 61.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Grace before Meal 1700–1799
Gerrit Dou (1613–1675) (after)
Oil on panel
H 24.8 x W 20.3 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Leading the Barge Pony
Leading The Barge Pony
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