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The Toy Seller
Mulready, William RA, born 1786 - died 1863 - Enlarge image
The Toy Seller
- Object:
Oil painting
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (probably, painted)
- Date:
1835 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Mulready, William RA, born 1786 - died 1863 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
oil on panel
- Credit Line:
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
- Museum number:
FA.149[O]
- Gallery location:
Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries, case NORTH WALL
This painting shows a black toyseller holding up a toy to a white child. Mulready (1786-1863) returned to this subject over 20 years later, when he painted a larger version of a similar scene. That painting is now in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin.