" ... We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question."
That's the very famous opening paragraph of a very famous novel - the Cornflower Book Group's April book. I hope you will read it along with us.
The painting - which is on the cover of my edition of the book - is A Lady in Grey (The Artist's Daughter), 1859, by Daniel Macnee (great-grandfather of actor Patrick Macnee, apparently).
Edited to add: here is a short piece about the artist (including a mention of the picture) on Patrick Macnee's website.
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