Giving a Bite
Oil Painting
1834 (painted)
1834 (painted)
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The artist has neatly caught the expression of the boy holding the apple, anxious about the larger lad taking more than his fair share. This nervousness is echoed by the pet monkey, who is afraid that the dog will take a bite out of him.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'Giving a Bite' by William Mulready. Great Britain, 1834. |
| Physical description | Oil on panel depicting a rural scene with one young boy offering a bite of an apple to another slightly older boy who is holding two jugs or flagons. There is a monkey in a red suit seated in the foreground in front of an older man who is watching the scene. A dog regards the monkey intently. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'W Mulready 1834' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
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| Summary | The artist has neatly caught the expression of the boy holding the apple, anxious about the larger lad taking more than his fair share. This nervousness is echoed by the pet monkey, who is afraid that the dog will take a bite out of him. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 200-201 |
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| Accession number | FA.140[O] |
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| Record created | May 8, 2003 |
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