William Lindsay Windus

[Burd Helen]

1855-6

oil on canvas

illustrates a Scottish ballad in which a cruel lover is won over by the devotion of Burd Helen. Rossetti and Ruskin admired this picture and was considered Pre Raphaelite in style and intent. Windus was a Liverpool artist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lindsay_Windus

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