The Deluge
Oil Painting
1835-1845 (painted)
1835-1845 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The title suggests that this oil sketch was intended for a larger painting on the subject of the biblical Flood. Etty was known for his studies of the female nude and his work was sometimes censored for indecency.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Deluge (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on millboard laid on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'The Deluge', William Etty, 1835-1845 |
| Physical description | Oil painting |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by Charles T. Maud |
| Object history | Given by Charles T. Maud, 1871 Taken from 'Somersetshire parishes; a handbook of historical reference to all places in the county'. 'Bathampton Charles Theobald Maud of the Manor House, farmer, horse-breeder, and collector of pictures. Left Harrow 1808-9. Bal. Col. Oxf. BA 1818.' Maud was also the cousin of W J Broderip, the eminent naturalist, who owned William Holman Hunt's 'The Hireling Shepherd' (City of Manchester Art Galleries). Maud originally commissioned a replica of the sheep in the background of this work, but Hunt persuaded him to commission a new piece, 'Our English Coasts (Strayed Sheep)' (Tate Britain). |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The title suggests that this oil sketch was intended for a larger painting on the subject of the biblical Flood. Etty was known for his studies of the female nude and his work was sometimes censored for indecency. |
| Associated object | |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 84-85 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 225-1871 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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