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Mary Wright, the carpenter's daughter

Oil Painting
ca. 1828 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A full-length, full-face oil portrait of a small girl, wearing a pelisse and bonnet and holding a book inscribed with her name.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMary Wright, the carpenter's daughter (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Mary Wright, the Carpenter's Daughter' by William Mulready. Great Britain, ca. 1828.
Physical description
A full-length, full-face oil portrait of a small girl, wearing a pelisse and bonnet and holding a book inscribed with her name.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 22.7cm
  • Estimate width: 17cm
  • Framed height: 350mm
  • Framed width: 295mm
  • Framed depth: 54mm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 210
Collection
Accession number
FA.162[O]

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Record createdSeptember 7, 2006
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