Sunday, November 1, 2009

Ford Madox Brown - Waiting : An English Fireside


1854-5
Oil on oak panel
12 x 7 3/4"
Walker Art Gallery
Notice the portrait miniature on top of the pile of letters. The child is supposed to be asleep but actually looks dead, heightened by the fires's reflection on the clothes. The iconography is similar to a Madonna and child picture.

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