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Interior with a Portrait of John Sheepshanks

Oil Painting
1832-1834 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mulready, William (RA) (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Mulready shows John Sheepshanks, the renowned collector, in the drawing room of his New Bond Street house in London. He is surrounded by books and portfolios, while the housekeeper brings in his letters and morning tea. Sheepshanks' important collection of Netherlandish prints and drawings was sold to the British Museum in 1836. His collection of 233 oil paintings was given to the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1857.

Object details

Categories
Images Online
Paintings
Portraits
Interiors
Object type
Oil painting
Titles
  • Interior with a Portrait of John Sheepshanks (popular title)
  • Portrait of John Sheepshanks at his residence, New Bond Street
Materials and techniques
oil on panel
Oil Paint
Panel
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting by William Mulready depicting an interior with a portrait of John Sheepshanks at his residence in Old Bond Street. Great Britain, 1832-1834.
Physical description
An Interior with portrait of John Sheepshanks (1787-1863) at his residence in Old Bond Street, London ; oil on panel;
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 50.4cm
  • Estimate width: 39.7cm
  • Frame height: 725mm
  • Frame width: 618mm
  • Frame, including blocks and build up depth: 95 mm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990. Frame dims measured by NC and RH, Feb 2013.
Style
British School
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Drawing Room
Collection
Sheepshanks, John
Summary
Mulready shows John Sheepshanks, the renowned collector, in the drawing room of his New Bond Street house in London. He is surrounded by books and portfolios, while the housekeeper brings in his letters and morning tea. Sheepshanks' important collection of Netherlandish prints and drawings was sold to the British Museum in 1836. His collection of 233 oil paintings was given to the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1857.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 202
  • Article: Kathryn Moore Heleniak, 'An art patron and his housemaid: William Mulready's portrait of John Sheepshanks', in The British Art Journal, vol. XIII, no. 3 (2012/13), 69-80.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.142[O]

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Record createdJanuary 3, 2003
Record URL
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