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On the Threshold

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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An intimate, sentimental scene of a young man and woman alone in a suburban garden in front of an ornate covered porch. The young woman is dressed in white, and sits to the right of the porch sewing, her sewing basket on a small table to her side, whilst the young man, in riding dress, leans against the porch to the left, facing her. In the background the house interior can be seen through the open door. The title of the work and the nervous stance of the gentleman suggests an imminent marriage proposal.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

On the Threshold

Date

1900

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 35.6 x W 25.5 cm

Accession number

1917.239

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Mr James Thomas Blair, 1917

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : blc : artist's initials, date : E.B.L. 1900

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