There is an exhibition of the exquisite work of Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945) being shown at the Watts Gallery, Compton, Guildford at present.  The works are on display  until the  9^th of June 2013.  The exhibition was previously shown at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, last summer and is well worth a visit.

Fortescue-Brickdale painted both large-scale oil paintings (many of which ended up in the post prestigious museums and galleries), and smaller-format book illustrations.  The themes of her paintings tended to historical subjects both classical and medieval.  Even her contemporary portraits have a retrospective element.  For instance one of her subjects is seated on a sofa covered in William Morris’s Compton fabric!