Jane Hurlstone
Jane Hurlstone was a Scottish artist and social reformer. She exhibited watercolours and oil paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Society of British Artists, and was involved in several reform movements, including animal welfare, vegetarianism, Owenism, and Italian nationalism. She was married to the painter Frederick Yeates Hurlstone and supported early RSPCA initiatives and London-based vegetarian organisations.
Biography
Jane Coral was born around 1817 in Scotland. In 1836, she married Frederick Yeates Hurlstone, a fellow artist. The couple had two sons, one of whom also became an artist.Hurlstone was an advocate for animal welfare and has been identified as a possible founding member of the RSPCA. She played a significant role in shaping several London-based vegetarianism organisations. Hurlstone was also a supporter of Owenism and Italian nationalism.
She exhibited watercolours and portraits at the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists. From 1850 to 1856, she contributed exclusively oil paintings of imaginative subjects to the latter.
Hurlstone died on 2 October 1858, in Chelsea, London, at the age of 41. She was buried in Norwood Cemetery on 7 October.