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Hope is a late oil painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones. It was painted on commission for Mrs. George Marston Whitin of Whitinsville Massachusetts in 1896.Mrs. Whitin originally requested a painting of a dancing figure but Burne-Jones devastated by the recent death of his long-time friend and partner William Morris struggled with the work and wrote to ask if a painting of Hope would be an acceptable alternative.
