The Reluctant Bride

Are you familiar with that great website Art Inconnu? I've discovered some wonderful painters on there who I'd never heard of before. And here's another one -- Auguste Toulemouche (1829-1890). Apparently he was a member of a school of art known as Costume painting and you can probably see why. But look past the dresses and you can see that there's a lot more going on. How cross and miserable the poor girl looks! There's a novel lurking around in here somewhere, for sure.