Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, a study of two girls in a garden lighting paper ... In time, Kate recovers from this blow, and is thrilled to see the finished painting hanging in the Royal Academy.

It’s not theatrical or romantic enough. No, I want to grow the two in Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.’ In fact, the painting’s lilies are of two quite other kinds. Behind the Barnard sisters (11-year-old ...