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John Sheepshanks

Oil Painting
1832 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Mulready, William (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Britain (painted)

Oil on paper laid on panel depicting a quarter-length portrait of John Sheepshanks in profile


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
Object type
Oil painting
TitleJohn Sheepshanks (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper laid on panel
Oil Paint
Paper
Panel
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting depicting a portrait of John Sheepshanks in profile by William Mulready. Great Britain, 1832.
Physical description
Oil on paper laid on panel depicting a quarter-length portrait of John Sheepshanks in profile
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 16.4cm
  • Estimate width: 13.2cm
  • Frame height: 313mm
  • Frame width: 282mm
  • Frame depth: 68mm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Portrait
Sheepshanks, John
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 208
  • Julius Bryant, ed. Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum London: V&A Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781851776665.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.152[O]

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Record createdApril 18, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134029/john-sheepshanks-oil-painting-mulready-william/
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