Dame (Alice) Ellen Terry (‘Choosing’)', 'zh-CN
1860s
George Frederic Watts captured the teenage actress Ellen Terry in a moment of quiet contemplation, surrounded by lush, dark foliage and vibrant red camellias. Painted in the 1860s during their brief and ill-fated marriage, the young starlet holds a fragrant red bloom to her nose while clutching modest violets in her other hand—a visual metaphor for the difficult choices between worldly passion and humble virtue. As a key piece of Symbolism, it moves beyond a simple portrait to explore the inner emotional life of its subject, freezing a fleeting moment of youthful innocence before her legendary stage career truly blossomed.
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