George John Pinwell

The Author: Pamela White Trimpe is Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The University of Iowa Museum of Art. She received her J.D. from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and her Ph.D. in art history from the University of Kansas. Among numerous exhibitions and catalogues, in 1997 she curated «Victorian Fairy Painting», the first international exhibition to review this genre and is the author of an essay on fairy illustration for the accompanying publication.

"A serious scholarly examination of the career of George John Pinwell, his place among the Idyllists, and his overall contributions to the history of Victorian illustration is long overdue. This book is a major antidote to this gap in Victorian studies. Readers will find many new and compelling insights, as well as affirmation of Pinwell's abilities as an illustrator, painter, and engraver. I highly recommend this book to all who want to rediscover the appeal and power of Victorian draughtsmanship and subject matter in works produced for now forgotten sources such as 'Once a Week', 'Good Words', 'The Cornhill Magazine', 'The Sunday Magazine', 'The Graphic', and sundry books created by the famous Dalziel publishing firm." (Susan P. Casteras, University of Washington)
"The publication of Pamela White Trimpe's book on the Victorian illustrator George John Pinwell is very welcome news. While the 1860s graphic work of John Millais, Frederick Walker, and others has received its fair share of scholarly attention, that of Pinwell has been neglected despite the fact that he is one of the most original, creative, and at times lyrical illustrators during the wood engraving resurgence of the 1860s. Trimpe's admirable study also allows us to better understand the sources that inspired the important graphic work of the 1870s generation of painter/illustrators, Luke Fildes, Hubert von Herkomer, and Frank Holl." (Joseph Lamb, School of Art, Ohio University)