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''Adventure is not outside man; it is within.'' - George Eliot.
Here is an acrylic portrait of Mary Anne Evans, a hugely influential intellectual of her day. It is painted on the title page of one of her great work, Middlemarch, written under her pen name George Eliot. A masterpiece of English literature, this great social and psychological novel takes up the status of women, education and political reform and was hailed by Virginia Woolf as 'one of the few English novels written for adult people'.
Illustrated on a hammer embossed fine art paper, this one-of-a-kind artwork is finished by floating in an inch deep, 7x7'' black frame.

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Acrylic Paint & Textured Fine Art Paper

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George Eliot - Middlemarch (Framed) (2014)
Acrylic painting
by Peter Walters

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''Adventure is not outside man; it is within.'' - George Eliot.
Here is an acrylic portrait of Mary Anne Evans, a hugely influential intellectual of her day. It is painted on the title page of one of her great work, Middlemarch, written under her pen name George Eliot. A masterpiece of English literature, this great social and psychological novel takes up the status of women, education and political reform and was hailed by Virginia Woolf as 'one of the few English novels written for adult people'.
Illustrated on a hammer embossed fine art paper, this one-of-a-kind artwork is finished by floating in an inch deep, 7x7'' black frame.

Materials used:

Acrylic Paint & Textured Fine Art Paper

Tags:
#vintage #feminism #classic #book art #literary influences #social critique #word art #classic literature #midlands #george eliot 

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“Between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be”. . . and for artist Peter it is so much more. Binding his creative talent and love of literature, Peter has... Read more

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