Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Ariadne's Gallery holds 48 works in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery collection by 20 artists, most made between 1750 and 1906. The best represented artists are Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and Ford Madox Brown. The main styles are Romanticism, Realism and Symbolism. Compared with the rest of Ariadne's Gallery, these works most often evoke wonder and nostalgia.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 35 (collection average 34)
Joy: 53 (collection average 46)
Tension: 51 (collection average 48)
Anger: 23 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 55 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 57 (collection average 48)
Interest: 63 (collection average 57)

Leading artists

Artworks

The Man of Sorrows by Petrus Christus, 1444 - 1446 — Anger 86, Sadness 95, Nostalgia 95
The Distrest Poet by William Hogarth, 1729 - 1736 — Wonder 66, Interest 70, Anger 40
The Cascade at Tivoli by Claude-Joseph Vernet, 1750 — Wonder 75, Joy 65, Interest 70
The Hunting of Chevy Chase by Edwin Henry Landseer, 1825 - 1826 — Tension 85, Wonder 70, Interest 75
Head of a Page Boy by Ford Madox Brown, c.1837 — Joy 49, Wonder 50, Sadness 35
Elgiva seized byorder of Odo, Archbishop of Canterbury by John Everett Millais, 1842 — Anger 71, Tension 80, Sadness 65
The Spirit of Justice, study for the head of a Counsellor by Ford Madox Brown, c.1844 — Sadness 45, Nostalgia 55, Anger 15
Self-Portrait by William Holman Hunt, 1845 — Joy 60, Nostalgia 55, Interest 60
My Beautiful Lady by John Everett Millais, 1848 — Interest 75, Joy 70, Wonder 65
The Young Mother by Ford Madox Brown, 1848 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 50, Interest 54
Emma Hill by Ford Madox Brown, 1852 — Joy 69, Wonder 65, Interest 70
Study for Ophelia by John Everett Millais, 1852 — Wonder 66, Interest 70, Nostalgia 61
The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown, 1852 - 1855 — Anger 80, Tension 90, Sadness 75
The Return of Tibullus to Delia study for Delia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, c.1853 — Nostalgia 60, Sadness 45, Tension 56
The Blind Girl by John Everett Millais, 1854 - 1856 — Nostalgia 80, Sadness 60, Tension 55
Waiting by John Everett Millais, 1854 — Interest 65, Nostalgia 56, Wonder 55
A Roman Beggar Woman by Edgar Degas, 1857 — Tension 69, Anger 30, Wonder 50
The Long Engagement by Arthur Hughes, 1859 — Wonder 65, Interest 71, Joy 60
The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown, 1860 — Anger 80, Tension 90, Sadness 75
Self-Portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1861 — Anger 53, Nostalgia 67, Tension 63
Aggie by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1862 — Wonder 75, Joy 65, Interest 70
The Merciful Knight by Edward Burne-Jones, 1863 — Interest 80, Joy 80, Wonder 75
Charity or The Indigent Family by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1865 — Anger 59, Wonder 55, Tension 54
Fanny Cornforth by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1868 — Interest 75, Nostalgia 60, Joy 60
Phyllis and Demophon by Edward Burne-Jones, 1870 — Wonder 74, Interest 70, Nostalgia 55
Woman with a Fan by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1870 — Joy 75, Wonder 70, Interest 70
Lilium Auratum by John Frederick Lewis, 1871 — Joy 80, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Cupid and Psyche by Edward Burne-Jones, 1872 - 1881 — Wonder 76, Interest 80, Joy 70
The Bower Meadow Study (Study of Dancing Girls) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872 — Nostalgia 60, Joy 60, Interest 65
The Boat of Love by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1874 — Joy 76, Wonder 65, Interest 70
Pygmalion and the Image I: The Heart Desires by Edward Burne-Jones, 1875 - 1878 — Interest 80, Wonder 75, Joy 75
Pygmalion and the Image III: The Godhead Fires by Edward Burne-Jones, 1875 - 1878 — Sadness 69, Tension 78, Nostalgia 63
Annie Miller by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1877 — Nostalgia 70, Sadness 50, Interest 65
Annie Miller by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1877 — Nostalgia 70, Sadness 50, Interest 65
Autumn Vintage Festival by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1877 — Wonder 60, Joy 51, Nostalgia 45
Sapphires by Albert Joseph Moore, 1877 — Joy 65, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Dreamers by Albert Joseph Moore, 1882 — Joy 85, Interest 80, Wonder 70
Newhaven Packet by Henry Moore, 1885 — Nostalgia 60, Anger 35, Interest 65
The Star Of Bethlehem by Edward Burne-Jones, 1885 — Wonder 70, Interest 74, Joy 65
The Three Graces by Edward Burne-Jones, 1885 — Interest 70, Wonder 60, Joy 55
Mary Chamberlain by John Everett Millais, 1891 — Interest 65, Nostalgia 56, Wonder 55
May Morning on Magdalen College Tower, Oxford by William Holman Hunt, 1891 — Joy 69, Nostalgia 62, Interest 68
The Pont Boieldieu, Rouen, Sunset by Camille Pissarro, 1896 — Nostalgia 65, Joy 55, Wonder 55
Katherine Lewis by John Singer Sargent, 1906 — Joy 70, Interest 70, Nostalgia 59
Marsh Meadows, Cookham by Stanley Spencer, 1943 — Nostalgia 65, Sadness 50, Tension 60
Woman with an Arm Tattoo by Lucian Freud, 1996 — Wonder 66, Interest 70, Sadness 45
The Annunciation by Arthur Hughes — Interest 80, Wonder 75, Joy 75
The Nativity by Arthur Hughes — Joy 80, Interest 80, Wonder 75

Museums with works by the same artists

Musée d'Orsay (521)
Ashmolean Museum (71)
Tate Britain (135)
Tate Modern (290)
Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge) (87)
Art Institute of Chicago (228)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) (323)
Fogg Museum (Harvard Art Museums) (70)