Friday, June 5, 2009

Frederick Daniel Hardy - A Kiss Goodnight


1858
oil on canvas

4 comments:

James. said...

Thanks for posting all these wonderful old images,
what a rich and beautiful tapistry of images

James

Hermes said...

Thank you, you're welcome. I love these paintings.

Lucy Corrander said...

I was so relieved to read the title - I thought it was another death bed scene.

Love the brightness of the cover against the severity of the dress and the drabness of the room.

Lucy

Hermes said...

Very sentimental really. Given the high child death rate its understandable. But well handled to my mind.