A Thorn Amidst the Roses
Summary
A picture of two young Victorian women sitting together in a garden, and the dark-haired girl on the left has a basket of trailing roses hanging from her arm. The red-haired girl on the right has pricked herself with a rose thorn and leans toward her friend who takes her hand to remove the thorn. They sit against a background of dark, dense shrubbery.
Object Name
A Thorn Amidst the Roses
Creators Name
Date Created
1887
Dimensions
unframed: 111.8cm x 86.5cm
framed: 142cm x 117.5cm
accession number
1887.12
Place of creation
England
Support
canvas
Medium
oil paint
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