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][4] 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.[3]

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 6 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 Graves, Robert Edmund (1891). "Hurlstone, Frederick Yeates" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. pp. 317–318.
  4. ↑ 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.



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