Jane Hurlstone
Jane Hurlstone | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jane Coral c. 1817 Scotland |
| Died | 2 October 1858 (aged 41) London, England |
| Burial place | Norwood Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, social reformer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Jane Hurlstone (née Coral; c. 1817 – 2 October 1858) was a Scottish artist and social reformer. She exhibited watercolours and oil paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Society of British Artists, and was involved in several reform movements, including animal welfare, vegetarianism, Owenism, and Italian nationalism. She was married to the painter Frederick Yeates Hurlstone and supported early RSPCA initiatives and London-based vegetarian organisations.
Biography
Jane Coral was born around 1817 in Scotland.[1][2] In 1836, she married Frederick Yeates Hurlstone, a fellow artist.[3] The couple had two sons, one of whom also became an artist.[3]
Hurlstone was an advocate for animal welfare and has been identified as a possible founding member of the RSPCA.[2][4][5] She played a significant role in shaping several London-based vegetarianism organisations.[5] Hurlstone was also a supporter of Owenism and Italian nationalism.[2]
She exhibited watercolours and portraits at the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists. From 1850 to 1856, she contributed exclusively oil paintings of imaginative subjects to the latter.[3]
Hurlstone died on 2 October 1858, in Chelsea, London, at the age of 41.[1][3][6] She was buried in Norwood Cemetery on 7 October.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Jane Hurlstone". London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813–2003. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d Graves, Robert Edmund (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. pp. 317–318.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Gregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (2002). "Biographical Index of British Vegetarians and Food Reformers of the Victorian Era". The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. pp. 62–63. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Deaths Dec 1858". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
