Shannon Hunter Hurtado is an independent scholar who specializes in nineteenth-century British sculpture, particularly sculpture made by women. She teaches history of art at the University of Edinburgh and has been a researcher for the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association’s National Recording Project, Edinburgh volume. Previously, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh.

«This book is a wonderful addition to the CISRA series and will be enjoyed by anyone interested in Victorian culture.» (Béatrice Laurent, Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 78, 2013)

• Contents: Family matters: the effects of family circumstances and expectations upon women’s decision to sculpt – Carving out a career: acquiring training, managing business, balancing demands of home and studio – Making their way: self-promotion without social disapproval, choice of career advisors – Characteristics and convictions: reinstating their individual identities, acknowledging themselves as self-conscious agents – Critical appraisals: the quality of women’s sculpture assessed alongside quality of critics’ judgements – Hoydens or heroines: representation of women sculptors in popular fiction, journalism, advice literature – Impacts: upon Victorian art world and nineteenth-century social culture.

Shannon Hunter Hurtado is an independent scholar who specializes in nineteenth-century British sculpture, particularly sculpture made by women. She teaches history of art at the University of Edinburgh and has been a researcher for the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association’s National Recording Project, Edinburgh volume. Previously, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh.

«This book is a wonderful addition to the CISRA series and will be enjoyed by anyone interested in Victorian culture.» (Béatrice Laurent, Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 78, 2013)

• Contents: Family matters: the effects of family circumstances and expectations upon women’s decision to sculpt – Carving out a career: acquiring training, managing business, balancing demands of home and studio – Making their way: self-promotion without social disapproval, choice of career advisors – Characteristics and convictions: reinstating their individual identities, acknowledging themselves as self-conscious agents – Critical appraisals: the quality of women’s sculpture assessed alongside quality of critics’ judgements – Hoydens or heroines: representation of women sculptors in popular fiction, journalism, advice literature – Impacts: upon Victorian art world and nineteenth-century social culture.

Shannon Hunter Hurtado is an independent scholar who specializes in nineteenth-century British sculpture, particularly sculpture made by women. She teaches history of art at the University of Edinburgh and has been a researcher for the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association’s National Recording Project, Edinburgh volume. Previously, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh.

«This book is a wonderful addition to the CISRA series and will be enjoyed by anyone interested in Victorian culture.» (Béatrice Laurent, Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 78, 2013)

• Contents: Family matters: the effects of family circumstances and expectations upon women’s decision to sculpt – Carving out a career: acquiring training, managing business, balancing demands of home and studio – Making their way: self-promotion without social disapproval, choice of career advisors – Characteristics and convictions: reinstating their individual identities, acknowledging themselves as self-conscious agents – Critical appraisals: the quality of women’s sculpture assessed alongside quality of critics’ judgements – Hoydens or heroines: representation of women sculptors in popular fiction, journalism, advice literature – Impacts: upon Victorian art world and nineteenth-century social culture.