John Eaton Walker (Birmingham, 1820 - 1880)

Blind man's bluff, an ambitious genre piece depicting an aristocratic family and guests in a baronial home, being a study of aspects of love; in anticipation, disappointment, and defeat, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1855, 133 cm x 232 cm

[Walker was an artist from Birmingham who exhibited at the Royal Academy. He painted historical pieces and, as is illustrated by this striking work, his triumphs are most keenly observed in his monumental paintings.]