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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Just as the Twig Is Bent Companion to Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970-3-2 Made in England, Europe1861 William Maw Egley, English, 1826 - 1916 Oil on canvas * Gallery 294, European Art 1500-1850, second floor 1970-3-1 Purchased with the Katharine Levin Farrell Fund, 1970 |
LabelThis before-and-after story involves two sisters interested in the same boy. In the first scene, the date is about 1850 and the boy, playing at being a soldier, seems to favor the blond girl. In the companion piece, the time is ten years later, and, as the title implies, the situation has not changed. Now a real soldier, the boy courts the blond while her sister, seen in the convex mirror on the wall, looks on with jealousy.ProvenanceSold by the artist to James G. Law (dealer), Manchester, for the Art Union of Great Britain, May 14, 1862; won in a national lottery by an unknown winner, June 28, 1862. Mrs. Robert Frank, London. Purchased by the PMA, 1970.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
