The Waefu' Heart

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V&A South Kensington
Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries

Artist/Maker	Duncan, Thomas (ARA, RSA) (painter (artist))
Place of origin	Great Britain (painted)

Duncan lived in Edinburgh and specialised in Scottish subjects. The title means 'the woeful heart' in Scots. It was exhibited with lines from a traditional ballad, ‘Auld Robin Gray’. After marrying a wealthy older man, the heroine of the tale was heartbroken when her long-lost lover returned.

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Categories	Images Online Paintings Scotland
Object type	Oil painting
Title	The Waefu' Heart (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	oil on panel Oil Paint Panel Oil Painting
Brief description	Oil on panel entitled The Waefu' Heart (Lady Anne Lindsay, 'Auld Robin Gray') by Thomas Duncan. Great Britain, 1841.
Physical description	Oil on panel depicting a woman seated before a fireplace with a sheepdog. Signed and dated by the artist.
Dimensions	Estimate height: 77.4cm Estimate width: 59.6cm Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style	Victorian
Marks and inscriptions	'Thos Duncan Pinxt 1841' (Signed and dated by the artist in red, lower left)
Credit line	Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history	Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Production	dated 1841
Subjects depicted	Dog Interior Fireplace
Literary reference	The title is suggested by a poem by Lady Anne Lindsay entitled 'Auld Robin Gray'.
Summary	Duncan lived in Edinburgh and specialised in Scottish subjects. The title means 'the woeful heart' in Scots. It was exhibited with lines from a traditional ballad, ‘Auld Robin Gray’. After marrying a wealthy older man, the heroine of the tale was heartbroken when her long-lost lover returned.
Bibliographic references	Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 72-73 Evans, Mark et al. Vikutoria & Arubāto Bijutsukan-zō : eikoku romanshugi kaigaten = The Romantic tradition in British painting, 1800-1950 : masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Japan : Brain Trust, 2002
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	FA.69[O]

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Record created	November 7, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69505/the-waefu-heart-oil-painting-duncan-thomas-ara/

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