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Two figures in a stormy landscape. On the left is a young man dressed in a beret style hat, white ruffed neck collar, jacket, belt and breeches, with stockings and shoes. He looks up toward the cloudy black sky, and holds aloft in his right hand a shepherd's crook. He has his left arm around the waist of a young dark-haired woman in a full-length dress, with short puffed sleeves and low décolletage, a sash and shoes. She also looks up at the sky, her hands clasped in front of her, as if in supplication. In the background on the left is a break in the clouds, with, below the figures, trees and a town. This painting illustrates part of 'The Seasons' by James Thomson – 'Summer', published in 1727: "... Young Celedon And his Amelia were a matchless pair, With equal virtue formed and equal grace, The same, distinguished by their sex alone: Hers the mild lustre of the blooming morn, And his the radiance of the risen day.
Unfortunately, as they wander through the woods, Amelia is struck by lightning and dies: "... not always on the guilty head descends the fatal flash".
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Nottingham
Title
Celadon and Amelia in a Storm
Date
1840–1849
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 238.1 x W 145.4 cm
Accession number
NCM 1887-267
Acquisition method
gift from the artist's sister, Miss Elizabeth Wood, 1887
Work type
Painting
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Friar Lane, off Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG1 6EL England
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