In what may be another sign of a new puritanism being generated in this country, Manchester Art Gallery took the picture 'Hylas and the Nymphs' by John William Waterhouse, a pre-Raphaelite Victorian painter, down. Postcards of the painting were also removed from sale in the shop.
The painting features a number of pubescent, semi-naked water nymphs, tempting a handsome young man to his doom. The question raised was whether this erotic Victorian fantasy should be considered unsuitable and offensive in the current puritanical climate?
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| 'Hylas and the Nymphs' by John William Waterhouse - Manchester Gallery (sometimes). |
The painting features a number of pubescent, semi-naked water nymphs, tempting a handsome young man to his doom. The question raised was whether this erotic Victorian fantasy should be considered unsuitable and offensive in the current puritanical climate?
