#look #tate britain #well done whoever writes those things #anyway #this analysis pointed out that #hers is the only face we see #only the dog is unreservedly joyful #her gaze is weary and fixed #she's not looking at her husband #she's staring at... what? #what she had to do/offer to get him free? #quite possibly #it's late at night #their toddler is passed out on her shoulder #this is a small and desperate little family #that lean and smirking guard won't meet her eyes #is even he ashamed? #he is wounded and exhausted #we can't quite tell how heavily he is leaning on her #whether he is weeping on her shoulder #but this is half a collapse #and in the center of the painting #their hands are joined #i have a lot of feelings #john everett millais