The Mystery of The Travelling Companions Painting
<p>What do you see in this painting? Two sisters — twins perhaps — dressed identically, both occupying themselves whilst on a long train journey?</p>
<p>They are symmetrical, but look more closely and you begin to notice several subtle disruptions that bring out a range of new possibilities. True to the Victorian interest in storytelling in art, <em>The Travelling Companions</em> proposes a narrative — and also a moral too.</p>
<h1>Fashionable French Excursions</h1>
<p>The artist Augustus Leopold Egg painted this redolent image in 1862. Egg was a friend of Charles Dickens and learned from his novelist friend the opportunities of moral subtext in his work.</p>
<p>His painting shows us two young English women moving through the landscape of southern France. Through the carriage window, which is divided into three parts like a traditional triptych, the coastline of Menton on the French Riviera is lit by sunlight. The swinging tassel of the window blind tells us that the train is moving, rocking along its tracks.</p>
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