One of My Favourite Images - Fritz von Uhde

I think this has to be one of the happiest images I know - painted by Fritz von Uhde, a Saxon painter who studied Fine Arts in Dresden - it is called The Nursery. Immediately, when I look at it, I am in the shoes of the girl sitting at the window. I remember how important I felt when first given some of the laundry basket items for mending. No longer a little child, playing with dolls, but engaged in grown-up tasks. It was a rite of passage. It may be that the girl here is stitching or mending clothes for the copious wardrobe enjoyed by all the dolls in the scene