God Speed

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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God Speed
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Date: 1893
Style: Romanticism
Genre: portrait
Media: oil on panel
25.4 × 12.7 cm (10 × 5 in)


A Roman subject in which a young woman leans over the parapet of a tall building to toss roses over an unseen departee. Three other women on a balocny below also witness the departure. In the middle distance is a classical arch with a view of the sea beyond. The print is based on an oil on panel of 1893 made as a wedding present for the Duke and Duchess of York (later George V and Queen Mary). The couple are portrayed in the print in a remarque at lower right.