# wattsonwednesday

Longing & Loss: Four versions of 'Orpheus & Eurydice' (priv.coll, 1860s/ Aberdeen Art Gallery, 1869/ Harvard Mus. c.1880/ Salar Jung Mus. c.1890) for this week's See superb commentaries on the latter by our friends : https://t.co/DmcAB5kCq8

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2021-11-03

Watts's iconic 'Hope' (1886 ) for this week's Hope sits on a globe playing on a lyre which has all its strings broken except one.
Watts explained: ‘Hope need not mean expectancy. It suggests here rather the music which can come from the remaining chord.’

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2021-10-06

'The Ladies Talbot' (1862 priv.coll) for WattsOnWednesday. Lady Constance Lothian (sitting) with sisters Gertrude (left) & Adelaide (centre).
There is lyrical, transient qualify comparable to to Millais's 'Autumn Leaves' with its cascading blooms & horse chestnut in full leaf.

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2021-09-02