Works by Frederick Richard Pickersgill at The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery   


'The syrens'
They may adopt classical costumes -- and then largely discard them -- but their ringlets give them away. Three early Victorian girls disport themselves in a rather self-conscious attempt to lure a small sailing-boat to its doom.

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