George Baxter (1804-1867), after E.H. Corbould (1815-1905)
'Summer Time – 'Half Light, Half Shade She Stood'',
Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter
The title refers to 'The Gardener's Daughter' (1842), a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In it, the daughter tenderly replaces the branch of a rose, blown across a path during a storm. In drawing a link between nature and female beauty the poem inspired many works of art.