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| The Widow's Birthday |
Walter Dendly Sadler was born in 1854 in Dorky, Surrey, England and died in 1923. He was a commercial success because his paintings elicited nostalgia and were often humorous. The image shown above shows three older gentlemen with gifts all showing up at the same time to court the wealthy widow. The widow was embroidering at the table on left side of image and presumably decamped as she saw them converging.
Sadler found a great deal of humor in how us humans court our mates.
His images were also suitable for lithographic reproduction and he was able to capitalize on that.
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| Netting the catch (a potential groom?) |
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| Thursday night |
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| Friday feast |
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| A love note |
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| Courting a widow (notice the black clothing). Short life-spans during the Industrial Revolution meant many widows and widowers even in the wealthier classes. |
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| The complete angler |
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| Another fishing scene |
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| Another courting scene |
Very nice, darkly humorous as death happens and life goes on.
ReplyDeleteCourting the Widow indeed. Her problem, sorting the opportunistic cads from the good old men.
Last image: "Egads - she has a CAT ? Doth every person know how hard it is to remove cat fur from black cloth ?"
ReplyDeleteThank you sir for continuing the Fine Art Tuesday tradition begun by Remus (RIP). I'm sure he approves, as do we.