Note 251 — THE P.R.B. JOURNAL, 1849-53 (continued 2)

The design was, I think, A Marriage Before the Flood, representing the nuptial feast, and one of the guests, on looking out of window, startled to see the portentous first beginning of the storm—a very fine thing indeed. The “picture” must be the one from The Woodman’s Daughter, by Patmore.