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A drawing from the 1860s that appears to show a young woman using an iPhone convinces people that time travel is real!
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A ‘time-travel’ painting from the 1860s of a woman holding what appears to be an iPhone has left art lovers baffled.
The painting, called The Expected One, was made by Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller some 150 years ago.
The piece hangs on display at the Neue Pinakothek Museum in Munich and was seen by Peter Russell, a retired local government officer in Glasgow.
It appears to show a woman in a nineteenth-century dress holding a black oblong object in her hand, reminiscent of a mobile phone from the twenty-first century.
The young woman is looking at this object, which bears a remarkable resemblance to a sight that has become all too familiar today – “distracted pedestrians” who control the tracks with phones in their hands.
The piece hangs in the Neue Pinakothek Museum in Munich. It appears to show a woman in a nineteenth-century dress holding a black oblong object in her hand, reminiscent of a mobile phone from the twenty-first century.
The famous painting first went viral in 2017, when users took to social media to joke that a woman was ignoring a man because she was checking out a dating app.
But it has since resurfaced, with people debating whether the painting is a sign of time travel.
She is depicted walking down a rocky dirt path, while a kneeling man awaits her approach not far away, with a pink flower in his hand.
She walks in the sun and the man is tucked behind a corner in the shade.
According to the GalleryAlso known as “Sunday Morning”, the painting shows the two figures dressed in Sunday clothes.
As the boy waits for his “love” to arrive, the girl is shown immersed in her hymnbook, leaving the viewer to wonder if his feelings will be reciprocated.
But one expert says she doesn’t have a cell phone — rather a hymnbook, more convenient for the time.
Instead of focusing on the man holding the flower in his hand, the young woman was focusing on her relationship with God and religion.
Russell said, “What amazes me most is the extent to which the change in technology has changed the interpretation of the painting, and in some way has taken full advantage of its context.” Motherboard.
Users debated on Twitter whether the woman in the painting was holding an iPhone or a hymn book
The great change is that in the 1850’s or 1860’s every viewer could recognize the item the girl was absorbing as a hymn book or prayer book.
“Today, no one can fail to see the similarity to the sight of a teenage girl being absorbed in social media on their smartphone.”
Users on Twitter debated what the purpose was – whether the painting was an iPhone or a prayer book.
One user wrote: “My post with this photo originally isn’t under 150 years old. Looks a lot like an ab****y iPhone, right?!”
Another penned: “Time travel is real. She’s definitely holding an iPhone in this 1860 painting.”
A third commented: ‘She’s watching TikTok. Duh.
Others weren’t convinced the young woman was holding an iPhone, saying it was a Bible or prayer book instead.
A fourth said: The way her fingers are tied suggests that she is holding the phone. Holding it this way makes it easier to use both thumbs to write. She might be upset that her phone is about to die because it’s 1860! “
Others, however, were not so convinced, arguing that it was indeed a prayer book.
One user argued: “Little Bible.”
Another wrote: “I’m looking at the board called The Expected One and I really think it’s more likely that she prays with her prayer book, not an iPhone!”
A third said: It is a prayer book. It’s not an iPhone.
Possible rephrased title: Artwork from the 1860s Depicts a Young Lady Operating an iPhone