The Lesson, or 'Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined'
Oil Painting
ca. 1850 (painted)
ca. 1850 (painted)
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The quotation is from Alexander Pope's Moral Essays, published in the period 1731-1735:
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
Mulready emphasises the nurturing role of a mother in a composition that echoes the traditional theme of the Madonna and Child.
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
Mulready emphasises the nurturing role of a mother in a composition that echoes the traditional theme of the Madonna and Child.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'The Lesson, or "Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined"' by William Mulready. Great Britain, ca. 1850s. |
| Physical description | Oil on panel depicting a lesson, or a mother teaching her son |
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| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1861 |
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| Literary reference | Alexander Pope's Moral Essays |
| Summary | The quotation is from Alexander Pope's Moral Essays, published in the period 1731-1735: 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. Mulready emphasises the nurturing role of a mother in a composition that echoes the traditional theme of the Madonna and Child. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 211 |
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| Accession number | FA.236[O] |
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| Record created | May 8, 2003 |
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