Ford Madox Brown; a record of his life and work (1896)
Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939 · London, New York, Longmans, Green · leaf 355
even cities in a day is repre-sented as lying on a couch, or, to speak more precisely,tossing in his sleep on it. Myrrha, the Greek slavewho immolated herself, is lifting up the coverlet to seeif the condition of his wounds causes his uneasiness.The walls represent the winged man-headed bulls.… … PHR YNE AND APELLES 263 small oil duplicate of Jacob and Josephs Coat, and thesmall water-colour of Romeo and Juliet. To this year belongs the commencement of apicture, the idea of which Madox Brown had longcherished—that of Phryne sitting to Ape lies for hisPicture of Venus Anadyomene. That…
Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893 · Artists
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