We went to the Portobello Road Market one Saturday and fell in love with this old painting in one of the antique dealer stores. So we bought it as our one Christmas gift to each other. It's called "In the Shade" by the English artist Sidney Pike, and is from 1873. He's not a really well-known artist, but he exhibited with the Royal Academy from 1880-1901 so he's not a complete amateur either. He did this painting when he was in his late 20s, before he became not-quite-famous. But the bottom line is that we're not really art collectors in any serious kind of way, so we don't really care who did it. We just love it for what it is, and will hang it in our home when we get back. 
Totally unrelated photo. E and a student ham it up in our flat.
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