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Sketch for 'The Derby Day'
Frith, William Powell RA, born 1819 - died 1909 - Enlarge image
Sketch for 'The Derby Day'
- Object:
Oil painting
- Date:
1858 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Frith, William Powell RA, born 1819 - died 1909 (painter (artist))
- Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Joshua Dixon
- Museum number:
1038-1886
- Gallery location:
Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries, case EAST WALL
Date
1858 (painted)
Artist/maker
Frith, William Powell RA, born 1819 - died 1909 (painter (artist))
Materials and Techniques
Oil on canvas
Marks and inscriptions
'W P Frith 1858'
Signed and dated by the artist, lower left
Dimensions
Height: 28.2 cm estimate, Width: 44.8 cm estimate
Object history note
Bequeathed by Joshua Dixon, 1886
Descriptive line
Oil painting, 'Sketch for "The Derby Day"', William Powell Frith, 1858
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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.
Richard Green and Jane Sellars, eds. William Powell Frith. The people’s painter. Bloomsbury, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2019.
p. 66
Materials
Oil paint; Canvas
Techniques
Oil painting
Categories
Paintings
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
