author
S. C. (Samuel Carter) Hall
1800–1889
A lively Victorian journalist and editor, he helped shape 19th-century British art writing through the long-running Art Journal. He also wrote widely about Ireland, literature, and everyday life, becoming a familiar and sometimes satirized public figure of his age.
3 Audiobooks
The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 1 of 2
by S. C. (Samuel Carter) Hall
The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 2 of 2
by S. C. (Samuel Carter) Hall
The Stately Homes of England
by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt, S. C. (Samuel Carter) Hall
About the author
Born in County Waterford on May 9, 1800, and raised largely in Cork, Samuel Carter Hall was an Irish-born writer, journalist, and editor who moved to London in the early 1820s. He began as a parliamentary reporter and literary editor, building a career in the busy world of Victorian magazines and annuals.
Hall is best remembered for editing The Art-Union, later renamed The Art Journal, one of the most influential art periodicals of the 19th century. Through it, he promoted artists, wrote about exhibitions and design, and helped bring art discussion to a broad middle-class readership. He also published books and sketches on Irish life, adding to his reputation as a prolific man of letters.
His wife, Anna Maria Hall, was a successful writer in her own right, and the couple were well known in literary society. Though his earnest public manner was often mocked by some contemporaries, Hall remained an energetic presence in Victorian cultural life for decades. He died in London on March 11, 1889.