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The Uninvited Guest (1844) by Adolph Menzel (German artist, lived 1815–1905). The final visitor. A reminder that life is fragile, and every moment matters.
'To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.'
Naughty Servants: What Can They See?! Edwardian era servants being naughty. Impossible to get the servants these days, tch! 😠
PAINTING: Madame has a Guest (1908) by Remy Cogghe (Belgian artist, lived 1854–1935).
POEM: "Fall, leaves, fall" by Emily Brontë
PAINTING: "A Golden Beam" by John Atkinson Grimshaw
Both lived near me, in Yorkshire. We do a good Autumn up here!
Emily's words remind us: endings can be beautiful too.
This poem reflects her Romantic and Gothic sensibility: nature as mirror and companion to the soul. Here we have a serene embrace of decline, a spiritual kinship with the dark season, and a rejection of the usual human longing for perpetual spring and light. A kind of peace that comes with surrendering to the natural cycle of loss and death.
The History of England by Jane Austen, Aged 16
The following is the transcript from a video I have just put up on Youtube. WARNING: My first ever edited video. The editing and my narration “a work in progress”! TRANSCRIPT: For me creativity is not very far from playfulness. And Jane Austen was a highly creative person. Here she is barely 16 years old – enjoying playing with history – and the way we often only half remember it – and also…
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Amy Robsart (1887) by Thomas Francis Dicksee (English, 1819–1895). Amy, Lady Dudley (née Robsart, 1532–60) was the first wife of Robert Dudley (favourite of England's Queen Elizabeth I). Sadly, Amy is mostly remembered for her suspicious death, falling down a flight of stairs.
Study at a Reading Desk (1877) by Frederic Lord Leighton (English artist, lived 1830-1896). Leighton enjoyed the sumptuous / rich / luxurious. I imagine he enjoyed painting this. The reading desk was probably a Koran stand from the artist's own collection.
The Laboratory (1895) by John Collier (English artist and writer, lived 1850–1934). An old alchemist and a young woman. But what is she trying to take from his hands - and why? Pre-Raphaelite style.
A Ray of Sunlight (The cellist), 1898, by John White Alexander (American artist, lived 1856–1915). Pleasingly painted with much shadow and a streak of mellow sunlight.
The Green Coat (1926) by Sir John Lavery (Irish artist, lived 1856-1941). “I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.”
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1893) by John Singer Sargent (American artist, lived 1856–1925). According to the Scottish National Gallery, 'the cumulative cost of sustaining celebrity with style obliged Lady Agnew to sell her own portrait'.
Portrait of a Girl (1896) by Arthur Hacker (English artist, lived 1858–1919).
The Lady in Pink (1867) by Alfred Stevens (Belgium artist, lived 1823–1906).
The Breakfast (1911) by William McGregor Paxton (American artist, lived 1869–1941). Oh dear, looks like there's "a bit of an atmosphere" here.
The Seranade by Joseph Frederic Soulacroix (French-Italian artist, lived 1858–1933).
'If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it ..' - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.
Memories (1890-91) by Irving Ramsay Wiles (American artist, lived 1861–1948). Music - a strong mnemonic device for things we want to remember .. and forget.
The Lanterns (c. 1910) by Charles Courtney Curran (American artist, lived 1861–1942).
'That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.' - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.
Sappho (1877) by Charles Mengin (French artist, lived 1853–1933). Ancient Greek poet, born around 600 BC. According to a sad legend she threw herself off a cliff and into the sea from unrequited love.