Elizabeth Newton and her children enjoy a birthday party in Tissot’s garden in St. John Wood, London.
The partygoers sit on cushions beside a picnic cloth laden with food and drinks prominently placed in the immediate foreground.
The children are of secondary importance. Tissot was in love with Newton, and they were partners for five years until her death from tuberculosis in 1882.
Featured Image: James [Jacques] Tissot. Picnic on the Grass (Le dejeuner sur l’herbe) (1881-1882) Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France.