Victorian Art in Britain

The wizard is modeled on the painter himself, & his female companion by his friend Frances Horner. The picture was bought direct from the studio sale of the artist, just after his death in 1898. The use of colour is spare, & dark, as in other late paintings, the viewer gains the impression that that artist painted the picture for himself, with no thought of sale or reward, having sensed that his reputation was in decline, & his day was gone.

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