I have often felt that Emma Sandys is one of those Pre-Raphaelite sisters who never quite manages to step out from the shadows of their more illustrious brethren. Indeed, in Emma's case, her work is often dismissed as derivative of her actual brother, the elder Frederick Sandys, who in turn owed a great deal of his style to his friend and mentor ( Read more... )

I ought to be in bed (have to get up for work in four hours) and I don't even particularly like this piece, but it is such a curiosity on so many points that I felt I must throw it out there before retiring for the night ( Read more... )