edward gurney (e. g.) hill
early life and career edward gurney (e. g.) hill was born in rochdale, england in 1847. when he was four years old, his family emigrated to america and settled in new york. his father, joseph, worked as a nurseryman, and edward also followed that line of work. in 1870, the family moved to richmond, indiana, where hill's father took a job at cascade gardens nursery. establishment of hill and company in 1881, e.g. and his father established a new nursery business, hill and company, with two greenhouses. by the 1890s, the company had moved to a larger location and incorporated as the e.g. hill c…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of edward gurney (e. g.) hill's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
