Not on display

The Industrial Arts in Time of Peace

Oil Painting
1871-1872 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil painting. Lunette showing a medieval scene filled with people engaged with various arts. In the centre of the image, standing atop stairs is a woman in a full length gold and white gown and a man in red.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Industrial Arts in Time of Peace (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'The Industrial Arts in Time of Peace', Frederick Richard Pickersgill, 1871-1872
Physical description
Oil painting. Lunette showing a medieval scene filled with people engaged with various arts. In the centre of the image, standing atop stairs is a woman in a full length gold and white gown and a man in red.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 108.3cm
  • Approx. width: 244.2cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Object history
Commissioned for the decoration of the South Kensington Museum, 1871
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 228-29
Collection
Accession number
127-1885

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Record createdMay 9, 2007
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