Captive Andromache

A visit to Manchester Art Gallery and museum reveals to me some interesting pieces.
This is the Captive Andromache by Frederic Leighton is one of the galleries largest and best known paintings. It took Leighton around a year to complete but we also know that the idea for the painting was germinating in his mind for more than ten years: an early sketch of the subject exists and dates back to the beginning of the 1870s. The finished painting was exhibited in 1888 and purchased by the Gallery in 1889.
The PiP shows another exhibit: This is the Burges escritoire, also known as the "Great Bookcase," a famous piece of Victorian painted furniture designed by architect William Burges and made by William Gualbert Saunders between 1865 and 1867.

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2nd Place Jan 2026, CWP: 'Views in the museum'