The Toy Seller
Oil Painting
1835 (painted)
1835 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place Of Origin |
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.
object details
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| Object Type | |
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
| Brief Description | Oil painting entitled 'The Toy Seller' by William Mulready. Great Britain, 1835. |
| Physical Description | Oil painting of a black man holding a toy bird up to a young white child who is turning away from him. The child is being held by a white woman. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and Inscriptions | 'WM 1835' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | 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. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 207 |
| Collection | |
| Accession Number | FA.149[O] |
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| record created | November 12, 2002 |
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