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The Rugged Path

Oil Painting
1851 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting of a woman on a rocky hillside, lifting a child onto her shoulders.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Rugged Path
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'The Rugged Path', Paul Falconer Poole, 1851
Physical description
Painting of a woman on a rocky hillside, lifting a child onto her shoulders.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 57.1cm
  • Approx. width: 48.3cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'PfP 51' (Signed and dated by the artist on rock, centre right)
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 230-31
Collection
Accession number
525-1882

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Record createdApril 16, 2007
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