Victorian Art in Britain

The Morris poem on the frame is :-

‘The maiden plaisance of the land
Knoweth no stir of voice or hand
No cup the sleeping waters fill
The restless shuttle lieth still’

The weavers have fallen asleep at their loom, with the castle in the far background and more of the briars also in evidence. The weavers are of the typical Burne-Jones type, and they are elegantly posed, creating a fluid overall shape. with blue predominating in the draperies.