I enjoyed reading this book and looked up several paintings as I went along. At the end of the book she mentions the artist of the Robin Goodfellow painting as being Thomas Gainsborough. So I looked him up and found a gorgeous painting of a man that fit the description in the book which was fun since the cover model on the book really didn't do the character justice. I do want to check out the book she mentions at the end Things that never were though to find the picture that inspired her to write such a whimsical novel.