The Intercepted Billet
Oil Painting
1844 (painted)
1844 (painted)
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| 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
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| Object type | |
| Title | The 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. |
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| 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 created | September 7, 2006 |
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