John in New York

This is the last of the series and shows John on a business trip to New York in 1890. He is hurrying to post a letter to Margaret. It reveals a love lorn young man waiting for a reply to his marriage proposal. Margaret, like any well bred young lady at the time, was making him wait.

I have changed the image from my original idea, where I had John sitting at a desk writing, as it would have made the composition entirely different from any of the others. I have used several archive street scenes from 1890's New York. The figure is taken from production stills from 'Ripper Street' and 'Parades End', as well as a portrait of John himself.

The border design is based on a rose that grows in Winterbourne and is inspired by the pressed rose from John that was in one of Margaret's diaries.