On loan

  • On display at Osterley Park House, London

Portrait of a young child

Oil Painting
ca. 1830 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Carpenter, Margaret Sarah (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Britain (painted)

Half-length portrait of a young child with blonde hair, turned to and looking to left.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
Children & Childhood
Object type
Oil painting
TitlePortrait of a young child (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Portrait of a young child by Margaret Sarah Carpenter. Oil painting, ca.1830.
Physical description
Half-length portrait of a young child with blonde hair, turned to and looking to left.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 45.4cm
  • Estimate width: 45.1cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Claude D. Rotch
Subject depicted
Child
Bibliographic references
  • Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 23
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.32-1962

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Record createdFebruary 26, 2007
Record URL
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