"Those who know Mr. Holman Hunt as an artist only through such pictures as 'The Awakened Conscience' 'The Light of the World', 'The Scapegoat', 'The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple' etc. would scarcely credit the fact that the painting - an exquisite bit of pure English pastoral - from which this engraving was taken is the work of the same hand; yet it is so, and was exhibited at the Royal Academy with a composition of a very different kind, "Claudio and Isabelle" in 1853.  The scene has been assumed to lie near Hastings, and certainly it shows much of the aspect of  the western side of that truly beautiful and favourite resort of the inhabitants and visitors to Hastings, Fairlight Glen.  A picturesque grass-covered cliff overlooks the sea, on the turf are a number of sheep, some in repose, while others are forcing themselves through a thicket of briars in search of  some tempting morsels of food."   (Art Journal, 1877)