Please Help Identify Beautiful (Victorian?) Romantic Garden Painting

Kacey · 01:22 AM

Hello-

I'm a bit obsessed with finding the title & artist of this stunning painting
I found this image here:

http://theperfumedcourt.com/Products...eromantic.aspx

The website owner said she found it on google images, but doesn't remember how or where.

I would be most grateful if you could please view the image & see if you can help me.

Thank you so much!

John · November 16th, 2010, 12:53 AM

Note that the raw image is larger than it is as displayed on that page. Here it is:

John · November 16th, 2010, 01:40 PM

P.S. It looks like the work of J.J. Tissot or perhaps Alfred Stevens to me, but I don't recognize this specific painting.

Kacey · November 16th, 2010, 05:08 PM

John-
I agree that it does look like a Tissot piece. I'm searching his works (& those of Stevens) & finding sooo many other breathtaking images that I feel almost guilty for not settling for one of those instead!
But I just cannot give up on this particular one. I find it to be so exquisite, moving & peaceful.
I dearly hope that a member of this forum will recognize it.
John, thank you so much for your kind assistance thus far!
-Kacey

Eirene · 02:10 PM

The Pride Of Dijon [1879] by William John Hennessy - 1839–1917 [Irish/American]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Hennessy

http://www.amazon.com/William-Hennes.../dp/B001NGXOHQ

Edit: Nationality

John · November 17th, 2010, 02:06 AM

Good catch, Eirene. How did you hunt it down, or were you already familiar with the painting?

Eirene · November 17th, 2010, 01:59 PM

Hi John. Like you I thought it was by James Tissot, had checked out the site with his complete works. I tried searching google images using all sorts of terms, no joy. I then decided to just search Victorian Romantic paintings in google search...not the images...the top hit...ten pages in there it was.

Kacey · November 17th, 2010, 07:26 PM

Ahhh...Eirene!

You (and your sleuthing methods) are nothing short of brilliant!

I am absolutely THRILLED to begin my quest to own this superlative image.

The information you've provided has piqued my interest in Hennessy's other works as well.

Thank you ever so much!

Best~ Kacey

Eirene · November 18th, 2010, 12:46 AM

You're quite welcome....I had a good laugh at your comment regarding sleuthing..I belong to a site named web sleuths...I found that rather funny. I think we...us Cyber people are all basically web sleuths...we keep on digging for info....the truth.

Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.
– John Perry Barlow, "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyber...space"

November 15th, 2010, 11:19 PM	#1
Kacey Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3	Please Help Identify Beautiful (Victorian?) Romantic Garden Painting Hello- I'm a bit obsessed with finding the title & artist of this stunning painting I found this image here: http://theperfumedcourt.com/Products...eromantic.aspx The website owner said she found it on google images, but doesn't remember how or where. I would be most grateful if you could please view the image & see if you can help me. Thank you so much! Last edited by Kacey : November 16th, 2010 at 01:22 AM.

November 17th, 2010, 01:18 AM	#5
Eirene Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 624	The Pride Of Dijon [1879] by William John Hennessy - 1839–1917 [Irish/American] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Hennessy http://www.amazon.com/William-Hennes.../dp/B001NGXOHQ Edit: Nationality Last edited by Eirene : November 17th, 2010 at 02:10 PM.

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November 16th, 2010, 12:53 AM	#2
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Note that the raw image is larger than it is as displayed on that page. Here it is:

November 16th, 2010, 01:40 PM	#3
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	P.S. It looks like the work of J.J. Tissot or perhaps Alfred Stevens to me, but I don't recognize this specific painting.

November 16th, 2010, 05:08 PM	#4
Kacey Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3	John- I agree that it does look like a Tissot piece. I'm searching his works (& those of Stevens) & finding sooo many other breathtaking images that I feel almost guilty for not settling for one of those instead! But I just cannot give up on this particular one. I find it to be so exquisite, moving & peaceful. I dearly hope that a member of this forum will recognize it. John, thank you so much for your kind assistance thus far! -Kacey

November 17th, 2010, 02:06 AM	#6
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Good catch, Eirene. How did you hunt it down, or were you already familiar with the painting?

November 17th, 2010, 01:59 PM	#7
Eirene Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 624	Hi John. Like you I thought it was by James Tissot, had checked out the site with his complete works. I tried searching google images using all sorts of terms, no joy. I then decided to just search Victorian Romantic paintings in google search...not the images...the top hit...ten pages in there it was.

November 17th, 2010, 07:26 PM	#8
Kacey Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3	Ahhh...Eirene! You (and your sleuthing methods) are nothing short of brilliant! I am absolutely THRILLED to begin my quest to own this superlative image. The information you've provided has piqued my interest in Hennessy's other works as well. Thank you ever so much! Best~ Kacey

November 18th, 2010, 12:46 AM	#9
Eirene Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 624	You're quite welcome....I had a good laugh at your comment regarding sleuthing..I belong to a site named web sleuths...I found that rather funny. I think we...us Cyber people are all basically web sleuths...we keep on digging for info....the truth. Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. – John Perry Barlow, "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyber...space"