Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 – 11 May 1927) was a British curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family.
Sidney Colvin
British literary critic
Sir Sidney Colvin was a British curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He is primarily remembered for his friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson. Wikipedia
Born: June 18, 1845, West Norwood, London, United Kingdom
Died: May 11, 1927 (age 81 years), Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Bazett David Colvin and Mary Steuart Bayley
Spouse: Frances Sitwell (m. 1903; died 1924)
Sidney Colvin was appointed Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge at the early age of twenty seven, at a time when Ruskin held the Slade Chair at Oxford.
Sir Sidney Colvin ; Life dates: 1845-1927 ; Biography: Art critic and writer, particularly for 'The Portfolio' and 'The Fortnightly Review'; Director of the ...
Sidney Colvin, the English scholar, who became a lifelong friend, and Fanny Sitwell (who later married Colvin).
Sir Sydney Colvin. Gender: male. Date Born: 1845. Date Died: 1927. Place Born: Norwood, Croydon, Greater London, England, UK. Place Died: Kensington, Kensington ...
Sidney Colvin was a literary and art critic. A scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a fellow of his college in 1868. In 1873 he was Slade professor ...
(1845–1927). After establishing himself as an art critic, Sidney Colvin turned to his love of literature and became a notable literary biographer.
Art critic and writer, particularly for 'The Portfolio' and 'The Fortnightly Review'; Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1876–83; then Keeper of Prints and ...
Sir Sidney Colvin (1845 - 1927) ... Historian of art and literature, museum administrator, in London. Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1876-1884; ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Sidney Colvin THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ; Rare Book Cellar (13670) ; Est. delivery. Wed, Jan 8 - Wed, Jan 15. From Pomona, ...