Love's Shadow

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Love's Shadow is an 1867 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Frederick Sandys. It was modeled by actress Mary Emma Jones, Sandys' common-law wife. The figure is richly adorned and biting the blooms from some blue violets, which are a symbol of love and devotion in Victorian floriography.^[1]

References

^ "Sale catalogue". Sotheby's. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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[1] "Sale catalogue". Sotheby's. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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v t e Frederick Sandys
Paintings	Queen Eleanor (1858) Mary Magdalene (1858–1860) Morgan le Fay (1864) Love's Shadow (1867) Medea (1868)
Related	Emma Sandys (sister) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood