. John Pettie, , ; . wide-open, startled eyes, inthe centre of the floor. The bright dresses of thechildren, the black attire of the Countess, thebarking spaniel, the old chair, are all excellentlypainted and play their part. Painted originallyin a very high key, this picture has greatlymellowed and improved in the twenty years ofits existence. Slighter, but very spiiited, is AStorm in a Teacup (sometimes known as TheTiff), showing a lovers quarrel. The man andmaid are taking their separate ways along a countrylane, but it will obviously not be long ere theirjourney ends in lovers
. John Pettie, , ; . wide-open, startled eyes, inthe centre of the floor. The bright dresses of thechildren, the black attire of the Countess, thebarking spaniel, the old chair, are all excellentlypainted and play their part. Painted originallyin a very high key, this picture has greatlymellowed and improved in the twenty years ofits existence. Slighter, but very spiiited, is AStorm in a Teacup (sometimes known as TheTiff), showing a lovers quarrel. The man andmaid are taking their separate ways along a countrylane, but it will obviously not be long ere theirjourney ends in lovers meeting. *The Traitor, exhibited at the Academy in1888, was suggested to Pettie by his own picture Treason, which he found at the Mappin ArtGallery after not having seen it for many he looked at the canvas, the long table, andthe group of figures round it, he turned to , Curator of the Gallery, to explain hisfirst notion of a new subject, * The Traitor. In a TWO STRINGS TO HER BOW(Size of original, 32J x 47.).
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