Painted by the Belgian artist Charles Baugniet (1814-1866), this is a picture which certainly tells a story. It's called 'The Letter', and she's obviously in the middle of writing one, but a) it's being done in haste, otherwise she'd be sitting down, and b) she seems vey anxious in case somebody catches her doing it. That's my reading of it, anyway, and it screams adultery to me. But maybe there's another interpretation? Hasn't he done a lovely job of her dress, by the way!
