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An Arab Improvisatore

Oil Painting
1872 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil on canvas; a man in Arab dress, with a drum in his left hand and his right hand held out for money


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAn Arab Improvisatore
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil on canvas, 'An Arab Improvisatore', Frederick Goodall, 1872
Physical description
Oil on canvas; a man in Arab dress, with a drum in his left hand and his right hand held out for money
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 56.4cm
  • Approx. width: 39.3cm
  • Frame height: 616mm
  • Frame width: 782mm
  • Frame depth: 109mm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990 Frame dims Height: 616; Width: 782; Depth: 109
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Joshua Dixon
Object history
Bequeathed by Joshua Dixon, 1886
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 115
Collection
Accession number
1000-1886

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
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