I am Ailsa Boyd, an independent researcher in art, design, literature and culture historian with a particular interest in the long nineteenth century. I have been a research assistant in several major research projects at the University of Glasgow, a curator and gallery assistant at The Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde.
Current research edit
I am currently writing a book on the literature and life of George Eliot, Henry James and Edith Wharton, and the architects they worked with: Owen Jones, Basil Champneys, Edward Prioloeau Warren, Ogden Codman.
Research interests edit
- 19th century interior design
- 19th century literature
- Women artists and designers
- Scottish art
- Beatrix Whistler
- James McNeill Whistler
Publications edit
'Something vibrates back': Whistler and Henry James (2010)[1]