AN ARCADIAN IDYLL

THE INFANT PAN IS LEARNING TO PLAY THE PIPES. HE IS ATTENDED BY OTHER FOLLOWERS OF BACCHUS: A MAENAD LYING ON A BENCH, NYMPHS AND SHEPHERDESSES, ONE OF WHOM CARRIES A THYRSUS. THEY ARE SEATED IN AN ARCADIAN LANDSCAPE, EVOCATIVE OF CLASSICAL GREECE. THE PICTURE IS A FUSION OF ROMANTIC AND CLASSICAL ELEMENTS BY DAVIS, WHO SUBMITTED SIX WORKS TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY FROM 1, QUEEN'S ROAD STUDIOS IN ST. JOHN'S WOOD BETWEEN 1893 AND 1902, AND FIVE PICTURES FROM 30 TITE STREET, CHELSEA, IN 1903 AND 1904. THE SEATED FIGURE IN A PINK SHIFT TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE IS REMINISCENT OF J.W. WATERHOUSE, A FELLOW RESIDENT OF ST. JOHN'S WOOD.