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'Measuring Heights': A Scene from 'The Vicar of Wakefield'

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

Painting of a scene from Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, in which Mrs Primrose compares the heights of her daughter Olivia and landlord Squire Thornhill.


Object details

Category
Object type
Title'Measuring Heights': A Scene from 'The Vicar of Wakefield'
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting, '"Measuring Heights": a Scene from The Vicar of Wakefield', William Powell Frith, ca. 1842
Physical description
Painting of a scene from Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, in which Mrs Primrose compares the heights of her daughter Olivia and landlord Squire Thornhill.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 22.8cm
  • Estimate width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882
Literary referenceGoldsmith, <i>The Vicar of Wakefield</i>
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 100-101
Collection
Accession number
511-1882

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Record createdMarch 21, 2007
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