A JEST

In case you are wondering- the painting at the top is by Thomas Cooper Gotch. A wonderful watercolour portrait of his daughter Phyllis. She stands poised on the edge of a gothic niche, about to step forward and sharing with us a sense of happiness and fun. Gotch depicted his daughter in the same niche for his great painting ALLELUIA, though ion that occasion the girl was younger and more angelic. Now she has grown older- and somewhere therein lies THE JEST. It is currently for sale at the Lander Gallery