Love's Shadow
| Love's Shadow | |
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| Artist | Frederick Sandys |
| Year | 1867 |
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 40.6 cm × 32.5 cm (16.0 in × 12.8 in) |
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Love's Shadow is an 1867 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Frederick Sandys. It was modelled by actress Mary Emma Jones, Sandys' common-law wife. The figure is richly adorned and biting the blooms from some blue violets, which are a symbol of love and devotion in Victorian floriography.[1]
The painting has been used as cover art in Christine Emba's 2022 novel Rethinking Sex: A Provocation, Chloe Michelle Howarth's 2025 novel Heap Earth Upon It,[2] as well as in Kirsten King's 2026 novel A Good Person.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sale catalogue". Sotheby's. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ Rhee, Mia (12 February 2026). ""Heap Earth Upon It" and Bury Desire". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Review: Situationship gone wrong". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 29 March 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
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