Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818--Criticism and interpretation; Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818. The monk
When Ambrosio in Matthew Lewis's 1796 gothic masterpiece, The Monk , signs a contract relegating his soul to Satan and eternal damnation, he has reached the culmination of 442 pages of mental anguish, of his self wrestling with his conscience to...
Portrait of a sleek horse standing in front of stable doors. This was the first portrait of an animal to grace the Macauley's Theatre collection. "Ben Hur" was performed at Macauley's Theatre five times between 1891 and 1917, but...