A Legacy Forged in Cornish Mist and Academic Rigor Born amidst the rugged, evocative landscapes of Truro, Cornwall, in 1828, Joseph Sydney Willis Hodges was a child of an era where landscape and legend were inextricably linked. The burgeoning Cornish art scene, revitalized by the dramatic rediscovery of Tintagel Castle and its deep associations with Arthurian myth, provided a backdrop of mythic grandeur that would forever color his art…