The effect is even more dram

The effect is even more dramatic in Sir George Frampton's Lamia (1899-1900), an ancient Greek femme fatale, well known to Victorians thanks to a poem by Keats. Half-woman, half-snake, she was said to seduce young men and then feed off their flesh. Her deathly pale skin and icy expression are brought into terrifying relief by her blackened bronze helmet and robe.