Grandfather's birthday
Frederick Morgan was practically the Victorian era's official painter of cute children, and this scene is a perfect example of his charm. A gaggle of kids has ambushed a grandfather at his garden gate, offering him daisies and baskets of apples for his birthday. The old man leans over the wall with a grin that says he's already won the lottery of grandparenthood. It’s a sweet, sentimental slice of rural realism that was hugely popular in the late 1800s, designed specifically to make viewers say 'aww'.