The Tempest

This watercolour fore-edge painting was based on Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. The style of the painting was influenced by the works of the Pre-Raphaelite painters. In this scene, Miranda, the sorcerer's daughter, looks out over a tumultuous and agitated sea. A fore-edge painting is a type of book decoration in which watercolour decorations are painted inside the page edge and are only visible when the book is open or the pages are fanned.