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A Man Smoking

Oil Painting
early 19th century (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil on panel depicting a seated man in an armoured breast-plate smoking a small white pipe, with a servant offering him a drink on a tray in the background


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Man Smoking
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'A Man Smoking' by Andrew Geddes. Great Britain, ca. early 19th century.
Physical description
Oil on panel depicting a seated man in an armoured breast-plate smoking a small white pipe, with a servant offering him a drink on a tray in the background
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 38.1cm
  • Estimate width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 109
Collection
Accession number
FA.75[O]

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Record createdApril 4, 2007
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