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The Very Picture of Idleness

Oil Painting
ca. 1842 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil painting entitled 'The Very Picture of Idleness'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Very Picture of Idleness
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Very Picture of Idleness' by Richard Rothwell. Great Britain, ca. 1842.
Physical description
Oil painting entitled 'The Very Picture of Idleness'.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 76.1cm
  • Estimate width: 71cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Richard Rothwell' (Signed by the artist on the shawl, lower right)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 255
Collection
Accession number
FA.179[O]

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Record createdFebruary 14, 2007
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