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Captain H. B. Murray, as a youth

Oil Painting
ca. 1859 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of Captain H. B. Murray, oil on canvas, in a contemporary gilt wood and composition frame with trailing ivy decoration.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCaptain H. B. Murray, as a youth (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Portrait of Captain H. B. Murray, oil on canvas, by Samuel Lane, England, about 1859, in a contemporary gilt wood frame
Physical description
Portrait of Captain H. B. Murray, oil on canvas, in a contemporary gilt wood and composition frame with trailing ivy decoration.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 34.8cm
  • Estimate width: 29.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Credit line
Given by Col. Sir Wyndham Murray and Lady Murray
Object history
Given by Colonel Sir Wyndham and Lady Murray, 1911.
The naturalistic trailing ivy on the frame is characteristic of the mid-19th century. Murray bequeathed £50,000 to the Museum, much of which has been spent on the purchase of ornament prints.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 153
Collection
Accession number
P.4-1911

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Record createdJuly 12, 2005
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