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Walter Savage Landor

Oil Painting
1852-1853 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil portrait of the Romantic poet Walter Savage Landor, seated and wearing a black coat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWalter Savage Landor (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil Painting, 'Walter Savage Landor', Sir William Boxall RA, 1852-1853
Physical description
An oil portrait of the Romantic poet Walter Savage Landor, seated and wearing a black coat.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 60.2cm
  • Estimate width: 45cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Forster
Object history
Bequeathed by John Forster, 1876
Production
Commissioned by John Forster in January 1852, and exhibited at the RA in 1853.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 7-8
Collection
Accession number
F.3

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Record createdSeptember 28, 2006
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