• First you should give a very brief biography of your artist (1 minute max). 
• If you know anything about the circumstances of creation/composition share this information with us.
• Give us your personal impression of the work--what do you SEE in the painting?  what do you think is significant? how does the painting make you feel?  what do you think it's about? what do you think it represents? what does it reflect about the culture/historical moment?  ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FOR YOURSELF BEFORE YOU DO ANY RESEARCH.
• Gives us the experts' views.  Find two or three scholarly interpretations of the paintings and share their thoughts with us.  Make sure to give the critics credit (cite them orally) and be clear about who said what about your painting.  Give us OVERVIEWS of these ideas--don't read long sections of their critiques to us.
• Wrap up your presentation with your views on the "best" interpretation of the painting and what you think it reveals about Victorian culture. 

After your presentation is over, you should provide us with a one-page, single-spaced handout that includes a small picture of your painting in color, an outline of the ideas from your presentation, and a bibliography of the sources you used (including an entry for an online version of your painting).  It should look something like this. 

Image Resources: The Google Image Search Page is probably the best way to search for online images.  Try to find the best/clearest image that you can.  The Tate Gallery in London has a great web resource with many of the images related to Pre-Raphaelite art.  Also, Hewes Library subscribes to the online Grove Dictionary of Art and it might be useful in locating images as well--this resource generally lists where famous works of art are housed, and if the museum that holds the painting has a web site, it will often have the best images available. 

Library Resources: I have placed a number of books on reserve in the library.  Among the most useful books are:

• Reading the Pre-Raphaelites
• The Pre-Raphaelites in literature and art
• Pre-Raphaelite art and design
• Pre-Raphaelite painters

The library subscribes to Art Abstracts as well, and this resource might point you in the direction of some useful articles on individual works of art.  I would also recommend searching appropriate databases under the libraries Art & Humanities databases (Academic Search Premier, American Humanities Index , Arts & Humanities Search, JSTOR, Literature Online (LION), MLA International Bibliography, Periodical Abstracts, and Wilson Select Plus might all be worth checking) .  Also, don't forget to search the card catalog for books about your artist--these will often contain sections analyzing individual paintings.