Captain Walmsley
Oil Painting
1848 (painted)
1848 (painted)
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A full-length oil portrait of Captain Walmsley (a son of Sir Joshua Walmsley), holding a paintbrush and leaning against a plinth on which rests a classical bust (apparently a copy of the bust of Homer owned by Charles Townley and now in the British Museum).
Object details
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| Title | Captain Walmsley (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil Painting, 'Captain Walmsley', William Daniels, 1848 |
| Physical description | A full-length oil portrait of Captain Walmsley (a son of Sir Joshua Walmsley), holding a paintbrush and leaning against a plinth on which rests a classical bust (apparently a copy of the bust of Homer owned by Charles Townley and now in the British Museum). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'W. Daniels/1848' (Signed and dated by the artist, diagonally, lower left) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Sir Joshua Walmsley |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Sir Joshua Walmsley, 1872 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 66 |
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| Accession number | 370-1872 |
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| Record created | September 21, 2006 |
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