\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This is one of the best-known works by the painter Arthur Hughes, who had ties with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The painti
ng celebrates the dreams of adolescence and the fragility of love, in much the same way as the poetry of Tennyson. The sensitive handling of color that is characteristic of HughesÆs painting is evident here in the refined harmonies of greens and blues.
