'Spaces of Femininity': Making Art and Craft in the English Country House, c.1750-1900

乡间别墅充满了“业余”艺术作品-特别是居住在其中的妻子和女儿的作品，特别是从后来的格鲁吉亚和维多利亚时期，当这种做法蓬勃发展时，商业部门发展到支持它（提供指导手册，材料，导师等）。从素描、蚀刻画和水彩画到各种物品，如贝壳制品制成的容器、展示小针线活的镶板折叠屏风和手绘陶瓷。由英国遗产管理的房屋也不例外。学生将从Audley End，Wrest Park和Brodsworth等房产中选择案例研究，考虑仍然在房屋中的对象和室内设计，以及现在其他公共或私人收藏的材料。学生可以与导师一起开发主题和方法，但提出的研究问题包括：1。这些妇女从事什么样的工作？他们在哪些类型和媒体上工作？2.他们为什么要做这样的工作？当代流行的一种刻板印象认为这是一种优雅的成就，在婚姻市场上具有特殊价值：这是否成立？3.这些妇女做了什么这样的工作？它是为了展示，无论是在自己家里还是在其他地方？通过交换这些物品，这种创造性的实践在多大程度上支持了家庭和社交网络？4.这些女性与“专业”艺术界有什么关系？他们查阅了哪些指导手册和其他教学文献？他们使用了哪些商业生产的材料？谁教他们，辅导在实践中是如何起作用的？他们如何与提供培训、奖品和展览机会的组织合作？5.关于女性的历史经验，这部作品能告诉我们什么？它能告诉我们什么关于他们的日常生活和个人关系？关于他们与房屋和风景的关系，它能告诉我们什么？6.关于18世纪和19世纪的家庭内部，这件作品能告诉我们什么？这些物品与专业人士设计和创造的装饰和家具有什么关系？该奖学金将为学生提供宝贵的学术技能和在遗产部门工作的经验。它将涉及学生在一系列跨学科的研究活动，利用档案和主要文本材料，并与收藏和室内设计密切合作。除了准备博士论文外，预计学生还将从事一系列相关活动，如编目和口译工作，并在奥德利结束的临时展览中发挥主导作用。他们还将在两个机构的研究文化中发挥充分作用。

Country houses are full of 'amateur' art work - particularly the work of the wives and daughters who lived in them, and particularly from the later Georgian and Victorian periods when such practice flourished, and the commercial sector developed to support it (providing instruction manuals, materials, tutors etc). This ranges from drawings, etchings and watercolours through to objects such as containers crafted from shell work, panelled folding screens showcasing petit-point needlework and hand painted ceramics.The houses managed by English Heritage are no exception. The student will select case studies from amongst properties such as Audley End, Wrest Park and Brodsworth, considering objects and interiors still at the houses, as well as material now in other public or private collections. The student has the scope to develop both the topic and approach, in conjunction with the supervisors, but proposed research questions include: 1. What kinds of work did these women produce? In which genres and media did they work? 2. Why did they produce such work? A popular contemporary stereotype presented this as a genteel accomplishment, of particular value in the marriage market: does this hold up? 3. What did these women do with such work? Was it intended for display, whether in their own home or elsewhere? To what extent did this creative practice support familial and social networks through exchange of these objects? 4. What relationship did these women have with the 'professional' art world? What instruction manuals and other pedagogic literature did they consult? What commercially produced materials did they use? Who taught them, and how did tutoring work in practice? How did they engage with the organisations that provided training, prizes and opportunities for exhibiting work? 5. What can this work tell us about women's historical experience? What can it tell us about their daily lives and personal relationships? What can it tell us about their relationships with their houses and landscapes? 6. What can this work tell us about the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century domestic interior? How did these objects relate to the décor and furnishings designed and created by professionals?This studentship will provide the student with both invaluable academic skills and experience of working in the heritage sector. It will involve the student in a range of interdisciplinary research activities, drawing on archival and primary textual material and working closely with collections and interiors. In addition to preparing the PhD thesis, it is envisaged that the student will also be engaged in a range of related activities such as cataloguing and interpretation work, and to take the lead on a temporary display at Audley End. They will also be expected to play a full role in the research cultures of both institutions.