The Convalescent (A Portrait of the Artist's Wife), 1872, Pastel, Sheet: 18 3/8 × 17 3/8 in. (46.7 × 44.1 cm), Drawings, Ford Madox Brown (British, Calais 1820–1893 London), As Brown’s mistress in the late 1840s, Emma Hill (1829–1890) was a favorite model, but after their 1853 marriage, alcoholism affected her appearance. When he made this pastel, the artist wrote, “Now that she is lying in bed thinned with the fever she looks very pictorial and young as ever again
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Convalescent, Portrait, Artist, Wife, 1872, Pastel, Sheet, 18 3/8, 17, 46.7, 44.1 cm, Drawings, Ford Madox Brown, British, Calais, 1820–1893, London, Brown, mistress, late 1840s, Emma Hill, 1829–1890, favorite model, 1853 marriage, alcoholism affected, appearance, pastel, artist wrote, Now, lying, bed thinned, fever, looks, pictorial, young, again
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