The six children of Elhanan Bicknell Esq

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Artist/Maker	Stephen Poyntz Denning (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Landscape format watercolour portrait depicting the six children of Elhanan Bicknell Esquire, an art patron. Some of the children are playing with flowers, seated and standing around the eldest girl who is in an armchair in the centre. Signed by the artist and inscribed in gold with exhibition details.

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Categories	Paintings Portraits
Object type	Watercolour
Title	The six children of Elhanan Bicknell Esq (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour portrait Watercolour Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour portrait by Stephen Poyntz Denning depicting the six children of Elhanan Bicknell Esquire, an art patron. Great Britain, 1841.
Physical description	Landscape format watercolour portrait depicting the six children of Elhanan Bicknell Esquire, an art patron. Some of the children are playing with flowers, seated and standing around the eldest girl who is in an armchair in the centre. Signed by the artist and inscribed in gold with exhibition details.
Dimensions	Height: 53.5cm Width: 76.5cm Height: 21.0625in Width: 30.125in The dimensions are taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Marks and inscriptions	S. P. Denning pinxit, 1841. (Signed by the artist lower left hand corner) Exhibited at Royal Academy, 1842 (Inscribed in gold)
Credit line	Purchased from the funds of the R. H. Stephenson Bequest
Subjects depicted	Children Group Portrait
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.18-1934

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1069217/the-six-children-of-elhanan-watercolour-stephen-poyntz-denning/

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