Sketch for "Diana and her Nymphs Surprised by Actaeon"

Exhibited the year Frost was elected Associate of the Royal Academy, this painting depicts an account given by Ovid: the hunter goddess Diana and her nymphs are bathing in the privacy of a sacred forest, when they are surprised by mortal hunter Acteon, who is seen chasing a wild boar. As punishment, Diana turned Acteon into a stag and he was torn apart by his own dog. Frost depicts the earliest moments of Diana's anger, when some of the nymphs are still unaware of Acteon's presence.