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Description: | A rural landscape submerged under water. In the foreground is a baby in its wooden cradle, carried away by the flood. It appears oblivious to its apparent danger and mesmerized by the glistening droplets of water hanging from the branch of a tree overhead and the small birds sheltering there. Sitting on the baby's floral patchwork coverlet, and peering over the end of the cradle is a black kitten, terrified by its situation and mewing for help. Floating between the head of the cradle and a clump of rushes is a jug. To the left of the composition is a partially submerged haystack, beyond which is a farm house and outbuildings. In the background to the right, a man and woman punt in the direction of the baby across the watery landscape.
Technique: oil on canvas
medium: oil paint
A Flood by Sir John E. Millais P.R.A., H.R.I., HRCA, 1870, (1891.7). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.164 | Go to resource |
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