A Poor Family Lamenting Their Situation in Their Humble Home thumbnail 1
A Poor Family Lamenting Their Situation in Their Humble Home thumbnail 2
+1
images
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H , Case WD, Shelf 5

A Poor Family Lamenting Their Situation in Their Humble Home

Watercolour (Painting)
19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour depicting a poor family seated in a room.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Poor Family Lamenting Their Situation in Their Humble Home (published title)
Materials and techniques
Brush drawing in brown, with grey wash, on brown paper
Brief description
Watercolour, A Poor Family Lamenting Their Situation in Their Humble Home by Ferdinand de Braekeleer, 19th century
Physical description
Watercolour depicting a poor family seated in a room.
Dimensions
  • Height: 255mm
  • Width: 222mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Signed at lower right corner, in brown ink, F. De Braekeleer. Inscribed below this, in faded brown ink, 6940.
Credit line
Townshend Bequest
Object history
Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend (1798–1868), London and Coleraine Manor, West Walton, nr Wisbech, Norfolk, by whom bequeathed to the museum (dry stamp version of L. 1958), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. II, Cat. 452, illus. p.375.
Collection
Accession number
1638-1869

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest