jan 1, 1858 - 'Past and present, No. 1'
by Augustus Leopold Egg
Description:
- her position is taken from melodrama at the time
- paintings of the expulsion from Eden and a shipwreck in the background (former titled 'The Fall', the other titled 'Abandoned' - their respective portraits hang underneath each one)
- the house of cards of the little girls has fallen
- apple on the table is cut open and rotting at the core - one half (the woman) has fallen, the other is stabbed on the table
- husband is crushing a miniature of her lover under his foot
- open door reflected in the mirror denoted the woman's impending departure
- typical of the social moralist paintings popular in Victorian art
- discovery of female infidelity
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