Happy Lunar New Year!
This pastel is Lady of the Moon by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 - 1914). His work frequently featured beautiful women personifying ideas - such as seasons - or inanimate objects.
This work is housed at our Collections Store in Bankhead, Glenrothes.
ALT This pastel is Lady of the Moon by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 - 1914). It shows a view of a blue and white moon in a blue night sky spotted with stars. A woman is shown reclining across the surface of the moon, seated in three quarter profile facing to the left. She has her eyes closed and her head tipped back, and wears a long white dress. Sandy coloured clouds drifts across the surface of the artwork, partially obscuring the scene.