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Sketch for 'The Derby Day'

Oil Painting
1858 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Frith, William Powell (painter (artist))

Oil painting, 'Sketch for "The Derby Day"', William Powell Frith, 1858


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
TitleSketch for 'The Derby Day'
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Sketch for "The Derby Day"', William Powell Frith, 1858
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 28.2cm (Note: Framed dimensions 725 x 555 x 75)
  • Estimate width: 44.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
British School
Victorian
Marks and inscriptions
'W P Frith 1858' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Joshua Dixon
Object history
Bequeathed by Joshua Dixon, 1886
Bibliographic references
  • Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 107
  • The first study for The Derby Day was lot 24 at Christie's, Victorian and British Impressionist Art, 15 December 2011. There is a substantial entry in the catalogue.
  • p. 66 Richard Green and Jane Sellars, eds. William Powell Frith. The people’s painter. Bloomsbury, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2019.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1038-1886

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Record createdMarch 12, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O132987/sketch-for-the-derby-day-oil-painting-frith-william-powell/
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