Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus was transferred to the Liverpool Academy in 1851. In 1887, the painting was bought by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. , the painting is still in their collection. Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt. It depicts a scene from William Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". The top left and right portions of the frame include excerpts from act V, scene IV of the play. From left to right, the characters are Julia, disguised as a page, Sylvia, Valentine, and Proteus, who is in love with
Proteus (bacterium) Proteus (bacterium) Proteus is a genus of Gram-negative Proteobacteria. "Proteus" bacilli are widely distributed in nature as saprophytes, being found in decomposing animal matter, sewage, manure soil, the mammalian intestine, and human and animal feces. They are opportunistic pathogens, commonly responsible for urinary and septic infections, often nosocomial. Three species—"P. vulgaris", "P. mirabilis", and "P. penneri"—are opportunistic human pathogens. "Proteus" includes pathogens responsible for many human urinary tract infections. "P. mirabilis" causes wound and urinary tract infections. Most strains of "P. mirabilis" are sensitive to ampicillin and cephalosporins. "P. vulgaris" is not sensitive to these antibiotics. However, this organism is