When I was at our store one day, a man stopped in to sell me some items from his van. This happens often when you have an antiques store, sometimes this is good but most times these things are not what we are looking for or they are asking entirely too much for us to be able to resell.
This particular day though, I found several items to buy from him and his prices were quite reasonable. But of all the things I have ever bought at the store, this is my favorite. I found out that it is an old print of a painting by George Frederic Watts named "Hope."
Above are the pictures of the painting I found on the internet here. Below is my framed print that I was able to buy that day! Sorry about the reflection of my curtains in the glass. I just love it . . .
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8 comments:
I have a copy of this painting.I never knew the painter's name nor title of the painting. Thank you for sharing the intormation.
she is amazing...what a beautiful treasure, and the frame...oh my! & of course...hope, how perfect. thanks for sharing! sweet little shop and blog you have goin'...annie
Oh this is lovely.
Also, thank you for dropping by my blog and the kind encouragement you left me, I appreciate it. :)
That is beautiful! And what a treat it must be for you to have people to come to you with their treasures, in addition to scouting them out yourself! =)
You really made it special with the nice frame. It must look great in your home!
Donna
Thank you all so much for your compliments. I found the information just looking at beautiful paintings on the website. The frame was original to the print and is damaged at the bottom but I don't mind, it's just old and looks it. Thank you again, Dawn
Like Corey, I have a copy of this painting too! Its really wonderful, and I had no idea how popular it is until Corey Told me of her copy... Lucky you!
so utterly beautiful. i wish i could dress like this woman, so poetic and tragic and full of feeling. life was different at that time.....thank you for sharing such wonderful beauty!
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