Nexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoThe New Governess by Edmund Blair Leightonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10
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minus-squareSinnerman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoApparently it’s called “The New Governess” but that’s all I’ve been able to figure out: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edmund\_Blair\_Leighton\_-\_The\_New\_Governess.jpg
minus-squareWaitingForNextYear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThat tells me a lot! She’s a young teacher, and the girls are wondering what she’ll be like.
minus-squareSinnerman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoLooks like OP just added the title. I can’t make out what’s in her hand. A watch? The medals left by her dead father? The tiny suspenders of her child who died at a young age? More info about governesses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governess https://www.mimimatthews.com/2015/06/15/the-literary-governess-depictions-in-austen-bronte-thackeray-and-heyer/
minus-squareWaitingForNextYear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThe harness for her cat, who’s in the bag?
Apparently it’s called “The New Governess” but that’s all I’ve been able to figure out:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edmund\_Blair\_Leighton\_-\_The\_New\_Governess.jpg
That tells me a lot! She’s a young teacher, and the girls are wondering what she’ll be like.
Looks like OP just added the title.
I can’t make out what’s in her hand. A watch? The medals left by her dead father? The tiny suspenders of her child who died at a young age?
More info about governesses:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governess
https://www.mimimatthews.com/2015/06/15/the-literary-governess-depictions-in-austen-bronte-thackeray-and-heyer/
The harness for her cat, who’s in the bag?