this painting looks like a mourning session. the original, from the mid 1800s, tells a different story: the coroner jury comes to the conclusion that margaret hawse was starved to death. that was the intention of her mistress esther hibner. instead of providing proper food for the 10 year old girl who worked almost 20 hours a day, without payment, she beat her to death. mrs. hibner was hanged in 1829. —> here is the german wikipedia article about her. below you see two more Ai attempts, and on the left the original by john fairburn.