Alfred Woolmer

Alfred Joseph Woolmer (1805–1892) was an English painter whose subject matter covered the literary and historical genre.

[1] His paintings, often mildly erotic, portray the concept of "ut pictura poesis".

[1] Marina Warner described his Lady Godiva, displayed at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry, as "sumptuous".

The painting depicts Hinda, daughter of the Emir of Arabia, in a tower overlooking the Persian Gulf, based on the story called "The Fire-Worshippers" in the poem.

[3] Media related to Alfred Joseph Woolmer at Wikimedia Commons

Interior of the British Institution (Old Master Exhibition, Summer 1832) , by Alfred Joseph Woolmer ( Yale Center for British Art )