The Daily Painting: Signing the Register

Friday, August 27, 2010

Signing the Register

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Edmund Blair Leighton

(English, 1853-1922)

Signing the Register, 1853

Oil on canvas

Love the sunlight. And the little girl holding the bouquet looks so wistful. :)

5 comments:

Cor MariaeAugust 27, 2010 at 1:16 PM
wow the sunlight is Amazing, as is her dress!! :o :o that is such a pretty painting--I love it!! :D

:-*
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ChristinaAugust 27, 2010 at 1:29 PM
It's wonderful how the light fully illumines just the bride and, to a lesser extent, her bridesmaid or whoever the girl is behind her. :)
And the dress!! It's soooo beautiful. :D
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Kit-KatAugust 29, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Awww this is sooo adorable and beautiful!!
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AnonymousSeptember 1, 2010 at 11:50 PM
A new leighton?!? I LOVE YOU! This is lovely... I think I have a new favorite painting.
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R. A.September 2, 2010 at 12:09 AM
I've got tons of Leightons! I just try to space them out so no one thinks I'm too sappy. XD
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