(This tile exhibited as Winter). Two designs for tiles in one frame (with Luna), water-colour, white on blue ground. Drawn for Mr. Murray Marks, and intended to be carried out in Holland. One inscribed LVNA ...
These watercolours could initially have been conceived as tile designs dating from the 1860s. It has been suggested the kneeling figure might relate to the story of Hero and Leander, with Hero kneeling to light the flame that would guide Leander across the Hellespont.
When Fairfax Murray exhibited the design in 1899 in the Burlington Fine Arts Club exhibition, he mistakenly identified it as being "Winter", in fact it was a variant of another tile design of Hero and the fire she has lit can be seen at her feet. Possibly drawn for Mr. Murray Marks, as part of a set, Murray Marks (1840 - 1918). Dutch art dealer and collector who was closely involved with and supplied collectors such as Sir Henry Thompson and Frederick Leyland, with blue and white china and dealt in the works of Whistler. His Company flourished by dealing in furniture and interior decoration catering to the demand of the rising Aesthetic Movement.