Noble Bloods

A multimedia installation in response to Frances Darlington's World War One memorial to boys from St. George's Police Orphanage in Harrogate, now held by Ripon Prison and Police Museum. A polychromatic relief, the memorial presents St. George and St. Joan of Arc as the main focus; Noble Bloods responds to these historic, social and aesthetic ideals through installation, film and painting. Louise published her biography of Frances Darlington (1880-1940) in 2013 and continued to practise as an artist alongside the research. This commission produced with Arts Council funding fuses these areas of her practice.