This is a study of the ethos of the group - whether in science or in art - deeply engaged in a mixed communal and individual activity which involves physical materials as well as conceptual developments. It deals with matter and spirit, sharing and competing, bursts of self-doubt and creativity. A group of 1848-inspired artists from 19th Century England (Holman Hunt, D. G. Rossetti and John Millais) is introduced, their work is described and comparisons are made with the 1968-inspired generation of mass spectroscopists whose trials and triumphs helped launch one of the great subjects in science.

Pre-Raphaelite artists and analytical scientists: Continuities

241st National Meeting (2011)

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