Disappointed Love
Oil Painting
1821 (painted)
1821 (painted)
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This was the first painting Danby exhibited and it became one of his best known works. It depicts a heartbroken young woman in the pose traditionally associated with the state of melancholy. A bonnet, shawl and miniature portrait of her lover lie beside her, while a torn-up letter floats away on the pond.
Object details
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| Title | Disappointed Love (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'Disappointed Love' by Francis Danby. Great Britain, 1821. |
| Physical description | A young woman in white is set against a dark background, distraught and weeping into her lap on a secluded river bank. The clues to her 'disappointed love' lie strewn about her: her bonnet and shawl, a miniature of a young man, an open wallet with a letter and torn scraps of paper. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'F Danby' (Signed by the artist) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
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| Summary | This was the first painting Danby exhibited and it became one of his best known works. It depicts a heartbroken young woman in the pose traditionally associated with the state of melancholy. A bonnet, shawl and miniature portrait of her lover lie beside her, while a torn-up letter floats away on the pond. |
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| Accession number | FA.65[O] |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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