Robert Lewis Stevenson

Robert Lewis Stevenson was a Scottish writer born in Edinburgh in 1850. His strict and religious upbringing led him to study engineering and law at Edinburgh University, however an encounter with scandalous French poetry would come to alter his course of study. In his early 20s he began spending long…

Artworks – Stevenson Memorial

In this post we will analyze Abbott Handerson Thayer’s painting titled Stevenson Memorial, a dedication to the late writer Robert Lewis Stevenson. We will discuss some of Stevenson's literary works that may have influenced Thayer, and other artworks by Abbott Handerson Thayer to gain a better understanding of this piece…