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Teal

Oil Painting
1835 (painted)
Artist/Maker
William Mulready (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Great Britain (painted)

An oil painting of a dead teal laid on a stone plinth.


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
Titles
  • Teal (generic title)
  • Teal, Wild Duck (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Teal' by William Mulready (II). Great Britain, 1835.
Physical description
An oil painting of a dead teal laid on a stone plinth.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 35.1cm
  • Estimate width: 44.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'W. Mulready jun' (Signed by the artist, lower right)
  • '1835' (Dated by the artist, lower left)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857

Exhibited at the British Institution 1836, no.322 as 'Teal, Wild Duck' (1ft 3" x 1ft)
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 213
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.163[O]

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Record createdJune 29, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O125594/teal-oil-painting-william-mulready/
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