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The Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits

Oil Painting
ca. 1811-1812 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This scene is reported to have been partly taken from the Mall as it stood in 1812 and partly composed. The area that was called the Kensingtom Gravel Pits is now known as Notting Hill Gate. In the nineteenth century the area was considered to have fresh, unpolluted air and ragarded as a resort for health and holidays. William Mulready lived and worked in this area from around 1811. It was also a neighbourhood that was popular with other artists such as A.W. Callcott, John Linnell, William Collins and David Wilkie, all of whose work is represented in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

This painting, dated to 1811/12 preceded a later work of 1812/13 entitled Near the Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits, number FA.135 in the V&A.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil on canvas entitled 'The Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits' by William Mulready. Great Britain, ca. 1811-1812. Exhibited Royal Academy 1844.
Physical description
Oil on canvas; a straight path flanked by houses and showing children playing and a woman standing outside a cottage
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 35.5cm
  • Estimate width: 48.5cm
  • Frame height: 49cm
  • Frame width: 62cm
  • Frame depth: 7.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Summary
This scene is reported to have been partly taken from the Mall as it stood in 1812 and partly composed. The area that was called the Kensingtom Gravel Pits is now known as Notting Hill Gate. In the nineteenth century the area was considered to have fresh, unpolluted air and ragarded as a resort for health and holidays. William Mulready lived and worked in this area from around 1811. It was also a neighbourhood that was popular with other artists such as A.W. Callcott, John Linnell, William Collins and David Wilkie, all of whose work is represented in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

This painting, dated to 1811/12 preceded a later work of 1812/13 entitled Near the Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits, number FA.135 in the V&A.
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 197-198
  • Evans, Mark et al. Vikutoria & Arubāto Bijutsukan-zō : eikoku romanshugi kaigaten = The Romantic tradition in British painting, 1800-1950 : masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Japan : Brain Trust, 2002
Collection
Accession number
FA.136[O]

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Record createdApril 27, 2006
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