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Man Smoking a Pipe

Oil Painting
ca. 1800-ca. 1830 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This small painting made for a dolls' house interior is of a man in peasant's dress. He is facing to the left with his right elbows leaning on a small round table. He is smoking a pipe and has a jug next to him on the table. The painting is of a dark palate and the setting could be the interior of a public house. The panting is skillfully executed and was probably done by a professional artist rather than an amateur, but would not have been completed as a part of the dolls' house as a whole.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMan Smoking a Pipe (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on board
Brief description
miniature unframed painting of man in straw hat, smoking a pipe, leaning on his right elbow. Oil paint on wood, English, 1800-30.
Physical description
This small painting made for a dolls' house interior is of a man in peasant's dress. He is facing to the left with his right elbows leaning on a small round table. He is smoking a pipe and has a jug next to him on the table. The painting is of a dark palate and the setting could be the interior of a public house. The panting is skillfully executed and was probably done by a professional artist rather than an amateur, but would not have been completed as a part of the dolls' house as a whole.
Dimensions
  • Board height: 5.8cm
  • Board width: 5cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Georges Patry
Object history
This small oil painting is part of the interior furnishings of the May Foster Dolls' House. the house was made between 1800-1830, however the paintings, one of a possible pair in the house are unlikely to have been made with the house and would have been acquired by its previous openheartedly but it is estimated that trepaintingare of a similar date to that of the house.
Production
This painting is part of furniture from a dolls' house. The details of the maker for the painting are unknown and so have been approximated to be similar of the date of the house.
Collection
Accession number
W.49:3-1925

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Record createdJune 13, 2007
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