Seven linocut blocks by the artist John Banting (1902-72)

TGA 7233/1: Agnes and Amy Hughes asleep on a couch. TGA 7233/2: Agnes Hughes standing by a wall. TGA 7233/3: Agnes Hughes wearing an embroidered dress and reclining on a couch. TGA 7233/4: Agnes Hughes asleep on a couch. TGA 7233/5: Arthur Hughes with his daughter Agnes.

Arthur Hughes studied with Alfred Stevens at the School of Design, Somerset House, London (in 1846), then won an art studentship to the Royal Academy Schools. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1849. He encountered the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in their journal, the `Germ' (1950). Although never an official member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Hughes knew the Pre-Raphaelites and was influenced by their subject matter and technique. His paintings show a strong interest in medieval subjects and those of modern dress subjects explore emotional subjects such as unhappy courtship.