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A Girl with clasped hands

Oil Painting
ca. 1835-1863 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil Painting, 'A Girl with Clasped Hands', Augustus Leopold Egg, ca. 1835 - 1863


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Girl with clasped hands (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil Painting, 'A Girl with Clasped Hands', Augustus Leopold Egg, ca. 1835 - 1863
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 35.5cm
  • Estimate width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Object history
Purchased, 1863 - The artist's sale, Christie's 18 May 1863 (no. 73 - 'A Girl with he Hands Clasped), bought by Burchett (presumably Richard Burchett, for the museum) £11 15 s.
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 77
Collection
Accession number
8465-1863

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Record createdJuly 6, 2006
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