The Painter of Dublin's Faces A young girl moves from Holywood House in County Down to the streets of London in 1873. The death of her father, Henry Harrison, has uprooted her family, leaving her to find a new footing in a sprawling metropolis. By 1878, she enters the Slade School of Fine Art. Under the guidance of Alphonse Legros, her hands learn the discipline of the academic style. She wins a scholarship that sustains her training…
Scroll through Sarah Cecilia Harrison's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Sarah Cecilia Harrison's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.