Woman at the Sea, Victorian Oil Painting in Gold Frame lead toy figures including standing up straight on

including standing up straight on his own

with a little damage to the surface of the wood on one corner

earlyish 19th c

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Woman at the Sea, Victorian Oil Painting in Gold Frame lead toy figures including standing up straight on(A bit hard to photograph on account of the very gold frame I've shot in two different lights to try to give a sense.) Women at the sea became a popular subject for paintings of the Victorian era books have been written all about why, with reasons ranging from the popularization of belief in the healthfulness and curative powers of the sea and salt air, to deeply rooted associations between women and water fluid(ity) etc. (Relatedly, sea moss