Frederic Shields came
from a poor working-class family. After studying briefly in London, he settled
in Manchester, where his early work included skilful but sentimental
compositions, many with rosy-cheeked children and detailed landscape elements,
possibly influenced by William Henry "Birds Nest" Hunt (1790-1864). A
visit to the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857 sparked Shields's enthusiasm
for the work of the Pre-Raphaelites. Here, what called attention to me was the title of the painting "The Invention of Art".
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