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Landscape, evening

Oil Painting
1850 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The painter and engraver John Linnell (1792-1882) entered the Royal Academy schools in 1805. In a long and prolific career he exhibited 176 works at the Royal Academy, 91 at the British Institute and 52 watercolours at the Old Watercolour Society. He specialised in portraits up to the 1840's and after that landscapes. This particular painting was probably exhibited at the British Institute in 1851. In his Life of John Linnell, published in two volumes in 1892, A.T. Story identifies the painting as depicting North End, Hampstead. The work has suffered from the artist's use of asphaltum.

Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Oil Paintings
  • Frame
TitleLandscape, evening (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on mahogany panel
Brief description
Oil painting on mahogany panel, 'Landscape, Evening', John Linnell, 1850
Physical description
In the lower left foreground is a pond. To the right of this are two figures - a man standing, holding a staff in his left hand, and what looks like a woman sitting on the ground to his right. Ahead of them are cattle that they have driven down to the water. Landscape with trees in the backgound.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 24.8cm
  • Estimate width: 38.1cm
  • Framed height: 43.5cm
  • Framed width: 58cm
  • Framed depth: 7.5cm
Unframed dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Marks and inscriptions
No 2/The Farm,/Evening/J Linnell/Porchester terrace/Bayswater/1851 (MS label on the back)
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882
Subjects depicted
Summary
The painter and engraver John Linnell (1792-1882) entered the Royal Academy schools in 1805. In a long and prolific career he exhibited 176 works at the Royal Academy, 91 at the British Institute and 52 watercolours at the Old Watercolour Society. He specialised in portraits up to the 1840's and after that landscapes. This particular painting was probably exhibited at the British Institute in 1851. In his Life of John Linnell, published in two volumes in 1892, A.T. Story identifies the painting as depicting North End, Hampstead. The work has suffered from the artist's use of asphaltum.
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 178
Collection
Accession number
488-1882

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Record createdMay 18, 2006
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