AustLit

'The story tells of a young wife whose marriage is threatened by the presence of an oil painting in her home, the painting having been given as a wedding present by a friend. The portrait is of a young woman, noted for her beauty in the 17th century, whose evil intelligence is said to have been put on to the canvas when the artist painted it. The young husband falls under the spell of this unusual portrait and turns from his wife and friends. It is only the timely intervention of the young wife’s sympathetic mother, who finds a cure for the husband’s obsession, that restores the former happiness of the young pair.'

Source: 'For Next Week', ABC Weekly, 30 September 1950, p.27.