Time for the Preservation Society Portrait Challenge! Today we are featuring the Roman Boy and Girl by George Henry Hall, 19th Century. To play, here are the rules: 1. Find three things/props in your house at this very moment 2. Recreate the portrait with those objects 3. Take a photo and post it to your social media 4. Tag newport_mansions Want to learn more about this painting? Located inside the Brayton House at Green Animals Topiary Garden, this allegorical painting represents the 1870 unification of Italy. The Italian unification – also known as Risorgimento, or “Resurgence” – was the political and social movement that combined different states of the Italian peninsula into a single state of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. This is represented by the girl dressed in a peasant costume (symbolizing the South) and the boy in Tyrolean costume (symbolizing the North). What do the clothes, poses, and accessories in this painting tell us? Why are they important? What emotions are the girl...