Great Expectations: The Dickens Christmas Spirit by Matania

A Dickensian Christmas as imagined by the Italian-born artist, Fortunino Matania, who in his later career concentrated on historical genre subjects. This scene from the 1840s shows women in crinoline dresses arriving at a house. As they venture through a doorway, two gentlemen lie in wait, presumably to take advantage of the bunch of mistletoe hanging above

Crinoline Crinolines Dickensian Expectations Feb16 Festive Fortunino Jovial Matania Mistletoe Welcoming

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