Victorian young ladies, painted by English artist George Elgar Hicks. Living from 1824 to 1914, he is best known for his genre paintings but he did society portraits too. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools in London.

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“Buttercups.” 1889. Oil on canvas. Private collection. Image source: Sotheby’s. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Elgar_Hicks_-_Buttercups.jpg
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“On the Seashore.” 1879. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.amazon.com/George-Seashore-Giclee-Unframed-Reproduction/dp/B07MN4TVR2
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“The Return Home.” 1873. Oil on canvas. image source; Christies. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Elgar_Hicks_-_The_Return_Home.jpg
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“Alone.” 1880. Oil on board. Signed and dated “G E Hicks 1880” on the lower left. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/george-elgar-hicks-ra-rba-1824-1914-alone-6184711-details.aspx

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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