Walter Crane, At Home—A Portrait, 1872

Walter Crane, At Home—A Portrait, 1872.

Although this portrait of Crane’s wife was painted in Rome, the elements of an ‘aesthetic’ setting are there; tiled fireplace, embroidered hanging, black and gold overmantel mirror, Japanese fan and blue-and-white pottery vase add up to a statement of artistic and intellectual inclinations.

—Charlotte Gere and Lesley Hoskins, 2000