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Sancho Panza tells a tale to the Duke and Duchess

Oil Painting
1850 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting of a scene from Cervantes' Don Quixote, depicting Sancho Panza telling a story to the Duke and Duchess at their table.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSancho Panza tells a tale to the Duke and Duchess (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Sancho Panza Tells a Tale to the Duke and Duchess', William Powell Frith, 1850
Physical description
Painting of a scene from Cervantes' Don Quixote, depicting Sancho Panza telling a story to the Duke and Duchess at their table.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 20.3cm
  • Estimate width: 33cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'W P Frith 1850' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882
Subject depicted
Literary referenceCervantes, <i>Don Quixote</i>
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 101-2
Collection
Accession number
513-1882

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Record createdApril 25, 2007
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