"The Crystal Ball" by John William Waterhouse Matte Poster Incense away from the coastal cities

away from the coastal cities and towns where the practice had started

a place for unmarried (or widowed) poor women over age 56 to live

Pénot was concerned first and foremost with accurate portrayals of women

or dresser

"The Crystal Ball" by John William Waterhouse Matte Poster Incense away from the coastal citiesThe Crystal Ball (1902) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849 1917) The model peers into the ball, leaving the viewer to imagine what she might be seeing and thinking at that point. Her appearance suggests it is pure and gentle, though the skull that sits at the back of the scene offers a more sinister touch of symbolism. It is the touches of architecture at the back of the room that give the painting an impression of the Renaissance, with a style