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Youth and Age

Image credit: Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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A woodland scene with figures. On the left of the picture in the foreground is a dark bank, with large trees growing overhead. Under it stands an old woman, wearing a cape similar to that worn by Red Riding Hood. She leans on a stick in her left hand, and looks at a young blonde girl in white, carrying an apronful of flowers. She offers a red flower to the old woman. The child's mother stands on the right, holding a basket of flowers, watching the girl. Behind her is an older child, hiding. Nearby lies a spilled basket of nuts. In the gloom in the centre of the scene is a child wearing a scarf over its head, looking at the old woman On a pathway leading up to the top of the picture is a group of women searching for woodland flowers. At the top of the path, in full sunlight, is a girl in a white bonnet, and a child.

Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

Nottingham

Title

Youth and Age

Date

1857

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 91.4 x W 71.1 cm

Accession number

NCM 1934-128

Acquisition method

purchased, 1934

Work type

Painting

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