Arthur Hughes' Silver and Gold tenderly contrasts youth and age in a lush garden alive with symbolic detail. A golden-haired young woman in embroidered finery walks arm-in-arm with an elderly companion, their expressions mingling affection, wisdom, and reflection. Overhead, lilacs bloom and a resplendent peacock perches near a carved fountain—emblems of beauty, renewal, and enduring grace. Rendered in the meticulous, jewel-toned style of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, this scene celebrates generational bonds and the passage of time, evoking a quiet narrative of shared memory, feminine strength, and the richness of life’s seasons.