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Elegant young woman with two white cats (1872) by Joseph Caraud (French, 1821 – 1905), signed J. Caraud and dated 1872 (lower left), oil on canvas, 38 by 26 1/2 in. (96.5 by 67 cm.), Private Collection

Easily my favorite portrait and possibly Long’s best piece. There’s also a finished version of this painting, but tbh I think the study is much better. According to the internet, the title roughly translates from Arabic as “The delight of the home“.

Musei Reali di Torino

La fioraia

Illustration for a wedding invitation (thanks and congratulations to the lovely couple!) 

Giuseppe de Sanctis - Portrait of a young woman (n.d.)

Robbie Jeffcott - Anchored 2

aabugiee by mo

At the Fountain (Émile Munier, 1891)

PERSUASION (1995) dir. Roger Michell

A Tender Embrace, art by Émile Munier (1887)

[Source: dia.org]

Ready to Start (self-portrait) (1917) by William Orpen. Imperial War Museum.

[Source: pafa.org]

The Present (Thomas Cole, 1838)