The Stream at Rest

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Redgrave, Richard (painter (artist))

A landscape depicting a view of a stream. In the background on the left is a a wood, while to the right is a field. On the left of the painting, standing at the edge of the stream, and resting on a fence, are four figures.

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Category	Paintings
Object type	Oil painting
Title	The Stream at Rest
Materials and techniques	Oil on canvas Oil Paint Canvas Oil Painting
Brief description	Oil painting entitled 'The Stream at Rest' by Richard Redgrave. Great Britain, 1848.
Physical description	A landscape depicting a view of a stream. In the background on the left is a a wood, while to the right is a field. On the left of the painting, standing at the edge of the stream, and resting on a fence, are four figures.
Dimensions	Estimate height: 40.6cm Estimate width: 76.2cm Frame dimensions height: 45.8cm Frame dimensions width: 81.8cm 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	'Richd Redgrave 1848' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left)
Credit line	Given by Mr and Mrs Frank M. Greco
Object history	This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1849 (No.174). The inscription on a label at the back indicates that the painting was inspired by Thomson's Seasons: No.3 The Stream at rest 'why should the water love To take so far a journey to the hills When the sweet valleys offer to be their toil Inviting quiet and a nearer bed Thomson's Autumn.'
Historical context	The artist was the first Keeper of the Department of Paintings of this Museum.
Subject depicted	Landscapes (Representations)
Bibliographic references	Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 248 Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.10-1967

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Record created	April 11, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133785/the-stream-at-rest-oil-painting-redgrave-richard/

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