tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post6560317168895175918..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Back from D****shireNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-5949654225567596572014-06-29T16:17:09.945+01:002014-06-29T16:17:09.945+01:00Thanks, both. There is also a Fuseli painting, The...Thanks, both. There is also a Fuseli painting, The Aoptheosis of Penelope Boothby, in which an angel sweeps the little girl up to Heaven. There's more grief than art in it...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-70684608147820274682014-06-29T00:08:46.234+01:002014-06-29T00:08:46.234+01:00The Penelope Boothby monument is one of the most t...The Penelope Boothby monument is one of the most touching I have ever seen. I have taken many visitors to St Oswald's over the years and when they have looked at this sweetest of sculptures and read that pain-wracked inscription each one has been affected. <br /><br />Little Penelope was painted, aged four, by Sir Joshua Reynolds - the painting sometimes known as "The Mob Cap" - and she looks a most delightful child. <br /><br />Lovely piece, Nige!Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-19657865949981376562014-06-28T20:35:28.996+01:002014-06-28T20:35:28.996+01:00Quite sublime Nige. The wonderful English painting...Quite sublime Nige. The wonderful English painting, the statue and the painful sonnet and inscription. "dread silence" - how terrible.Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com