Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys - Perdita (1866)

Berenice, Queen of Egypt by Frederick Sandys

The Queen is depicted holding her long blond hair, which is an integral part of a myth told about her. During the absence of her husband, Ptolemy III, she is said to have dedicated her hair to Aphrodite for his safe return, cutting it off and placing it in the goddess’ temple. The hair somehow disappeared, and it was said that it was whisked away into the heavens by the goddess herself, pleased with the offering, becoming the constellation Coma Berenices(Meaning Berenice’s hair).

Frederick Sandys. May Margaret.

Frederick Sandys,Grace Rose,1866 (detail)

Portrait of a lady (possibly Anne Simms Reeve) 1860 by Frederick Sandys

Anthony Frederick Sandys, Advent of Winter

Love’s Shadow by Frederick Sandys, 1867

Autumn. 1860-1862. Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys

Otoño, Frederick Sandys (1860)

Portrait of a lady (possibly Anne Simms Reeve) 1860 by Frederick Sandys

King Pelle’s Daughter by Frederick Sandys, 1861

Frederick Sandys - Isolda with the Love Potion. 1870

La Belle Isolde by Frederick Sandys

Danae in the Brazen Chamber by Frederick Sandys

Danae in the Brazen Chamber by Frederick Sandys

1888

wood engraving on India paper

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Helen and Cassandra by Frederick Sandys

Helen and Cassandra by Frederick Sandys 

1866

wood engraving by Joseph Swain

illustration for Once a Week, 28 April, 1866

Cleopatra by Frederick Sandys

Cleopatra by Frederick Sandys 

1866

wood engraving by the Dalziel brothers

illustration for The Cornhill Magazine, September 1866

Frederick Sandys, “Proud Maisie”

Frederick Sandys Oriana 1861

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sandys-oriana-t03904/text-summary

Portrait of Mary Sandys by Frederick Sandys, 1871

Love’s Shadow (detail) - Frederick Sandys 1867