TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rowley,Charles
TI  - Fifty Years of Work without Wages: Laborare est orare 
T2  - Cambridge library collection. British and Irish history, 19th century
SN  - 9781139892681 (ebook)
AV  - N6767.5.P7 R68 1912
U1  - 709.42 23
PY  - 1912///
CY  - Place of publication not identified
PB  - publisher not identified
KW  - Ancoats Brotherhood
KW  - Art
KW  - England
KW  - Pre-Raphaelitism
KW  - Manchester (England)
KW  - Social conditions
N2  - Born in Ancoats, a deprived industrial area of Manchester, Charles Rowley (1839-1933) witnessed what he saw as the degeneration of inner-city life in the second half of the nineteenth century. His family's picture-framing business, combined with his love of culture, brought him into contact with the ideas and personalities associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, notably William Morris. As a social reformer, Rowley was suspicious of organised charity and its tendency to patronise those it tried to support. Through a number of progressive initiatives, he laboured to bring art and culture to working people: the Ancoats Brotherhood, which organised lectures and reading groups, was among the many projects he fostered. First published in 1911, these well-illustrated memoirs present a thoughtful portrait of Rowley's experiences and enthusiasms, touching upon his interactions with such artists as Ford Madox Brown, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139892681
ER  -