pose(ur)s through the looking glass  
2009
drawing & painting on silk, mixed media
100x130x17 cm
 


made for the 62 group ehibition, bending the line, at the hub, sleaford,
the piece celebrates the 200 anniversary of the birth of tennyson
details below

This mirror-image tableau portrays characters in Tennyson’s circle of friends, neighbours, & hangers-on, represented in paintings, illustrations, photographs, & Lynne Truss’ comic novel, Tennyson’s Gift.
Scene: July 1864, Tennyson’s garden at Farringford, IoW
Cast: Charles Dodgson - the surreptitious snapper
Ellen Terry - Alice
GF Watts - Ulysses
Tennyson - the Dirty Monk
Emily Sellwood - the dutiful wife
Queen Victoria - the Queen of Hearts
JM Cameron - the hopeful photographer.

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