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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Fashion, Room 40

The Sisters

Oil Painting
December 1839 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting depicting two young girls (the artist's daughters) reading a book together.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Sisters
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Sisters' by Margaret Sarah Carpenter. Great Britain, 1839.
Physical description
An oil painting depicting two young girls (the artist's daughters) reading a book together.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 30.5cm
  • Estimate width: 35.6cm
  • Framed height: 465mm
  • Framed width: 515mm
  • Framed depth: 90mm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Margaret Sarah Carpenter/Decr 1839' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 22-3
Collection
Accession number
FA.18[O]

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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