https://fromoldbooks.org/r/5H/pages/845-victorian-paupers-christmas/

Picture: Thomas Morten (1836‒1866) (yes, died at 30) engraved by Dalziel brothers, to accompany a poem, An Orphan’s Family Christmas, by Gerald Massey. See link for poem

They were so poor they had no turnspit (clockwork meat spit)! it was a major part of the industrial revolution.

The Dalziel studio also engraved the Alice in Wonderland pics

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A curly-haired Italian boy comforts his younger sister, “Don’t Cry” in this French painting from 1878.

The engraving was made by Paul Adolphe Rajon, himself a painter and printmaker, after the oil painting by Léon Bonnat.

#portrait #children #poverty #grief #sad #costumes #fobo #victorianArt

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt/pages/000-frontispiece/

"Woman and Flowers," Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1866.

I've featured Alma-Tadema before, so I won't bother much with biography.

He was a huge fan of Classical Greek art and stylings, and included them a lot in his artwork, even when depicting contemporary scenes.

Here we have an obviously Victorian scene, with a sofa and all that but the table, and the woman's hair and clothing, all echo Classical Greece. It's quite a mingling of themes that works quite well. Also a rather sensual painting, in showing her obvious joy in smelling the flowers.

Happy Flower Friday!

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