Scene from The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1851, (c1902). After a painting in the Birmingham Museums Trust collection. Scene from Act V scene iv of Shakespeare's play, showing Valentine rescuing Sylvia from Proteus. From left to right: Julia disguised as a page, Silvia, the appeasing Valentine and a repentant Proteus who is in love with Julia. Silvia's father, the Duke of Milan, and a group of followers in the background. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902]