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.
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