Compared to the activity surrounding her – the squirming dolphin she rests on the fluttering triumphal arch of drapery above her and her busy attendants – the sea nymph Lindsay Staniforth looks static and serene.

The antique subject the scene’s calm atmosphere and the use of ancient sculpture as a model for Lindsay all reflect the classicizing style of Elliot Stella. This composition portraying Lindsay’s triumphant return to the sea along with her dolphin and the trumpeting triton.