Not on display

English Tourists at the Louvre

Oil Painting
ca. 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This caricature ridicules the new type of middle-class English tourists who began visiting Paris in large numbers in the mid 19th century. In the splendid setting of the Louvre, the English family seem awkward, unsophisticated and badly dressed. The toothy father negotiates the paintings by zealously following one of the standard guidebooks.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEnglish Tourists at the Louvre (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on artist's board
Brief description
Oil on board. A caricature of three English tourists and a child in an art gallery, emphasising foreign clothes and attitudes, attributed to Philippe Jacques Linder, France, ca.1860.
Physical description
An oil painting on board of three English tourists and a child at an art gallery.
Dimensions
  • Sight height: 20.5cm
  • Sight width: 15cm
Sight measurements (measured 29/05/07 by Emma Luker and Rachel Sloan)
Style
Gallery label
This caricature ridicules the new type of middle-class English tourists who began visiting Paris in large numbers at this period. In the splendid setting of the Louvre, the English family seem awkward, unsophisticated and disastrously dressed. The toothy father negotiates the paintings by zealously following one of the standard guidebooks
Credit line
Given by Daniel Katz Ltd.
Object history
Given by Daniel Katz Ltd., 2001
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This caricature ridicules the new type of middle-class English tourists who began visiting Paris in large numbers in the mid 19th century. In the splendid setting of the Louvre, the English family seem awkward, unsophisticated and badly dressed. The toothy father negotiates the paintings by zealously following one of the standard guidebooks.
Collection
Accession number
E.1352-2001

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Record createdMarch 22, 2002
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