Not on display

The Intercepted Billet

Oil Painting
1844 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting depicting two men in Italian costume, one a nobleman glowering and clutching a bouquet of flowers and a letter, the other his servant who has just handed them to him.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Intercepted Billet (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Intercepted Billet' by William Mulready. Great Britain, 1844.
Physical description
An oil painting depicting two men in Italian costume, one a nobleman glowering and clutching a bouquet of flowers and a letter, the other his servant who has just handed them to him.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 25.2cm
  • Estimate width: 20.8cm
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
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 207
Collection
Accession number
FA.150[O]

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Record createdSeptember 7, 2006
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