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On display at V&A South Kensington
Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries

Brother and Sister - On Pinching the Ear

Oil Painting
1836 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Mulready, William (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (painted)

This picture was originally entitled 'Pinch of the Ear'. It shows one of Mulready's favourite subjects, often found in his life drawings: the neck and shoulders of a young woman. He later changed the title to the more ambiguous 'Brother and Sister'.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Access_to_Images 2003
Children & Childhood
Object type
Oil painting
TitleBrother and Sister - On Pinching the Ear (popular title)
Materials and techniques
oil on panel
Oil Paint
Panel
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Brother and Sister' by William Mulready. Great Britain, 1836.
Physical description
Oil on panel depicting two young people leaning on a tree branch in an embrace. The girl is holding a baby.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 30.2cm
  • Estimate width: 24.6cm
  • Frame dimensions height: 46cm
  • Frame dimensions width: 39.5cm
  • Frame dimensions depth: 65mm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
'W Mulready/1836' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Children
Siblings
Summary
This picture was originally entitled 'Pinch of the Ear'. It shows one of Mulready's favourite subjects, often found in his life drawings: the neck and shoulders of a young woman. He later changed the title to the more ambiguous 'Brother and Sister'.
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 204-205
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.144[O]

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Record createdMay 22, 2003
Record URL
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