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The Hop Garland

Oil Painting
1834 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting depicting a girl in a hop garden placing a garland of hop blossoms on the head of a younger girl as a boy looks on.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Hop Garland (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Hop Garland' by William Frederick Witherington. Great Britain, 1834.
Physical description
An oil painting depicting a girl in a hop garden placing a garland of hop blossoms on the head of a younger girl as a boy looks on.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 43.2cm
  • Estimate width: 33.7cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Witherington/1834' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 304-5
Collection
Accession number
FA.233[O]

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Record createdOctober 5, 2006
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