hangs William Frederick Yeames’s “And When Did You Last See Your Father?” The great, improving picture about the Civil War is much more subtle than the Victorian age’s reputation for melodrama and sentiment might suggest. While the Roundhead interrogators are sympathetically cast, the boy’s childish innocence — and the dangers in speaking the truth — puts the dilemma of honesty centre-stage. Yeames chose the Civil War and Interregnum period to illustrate the drama, much though Victorians thought they had moved on
Who judges the judges?
Jan 27, 2022
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