Self-Portrait
Oil Painting
1830 (painted)
1830 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
An oil self-portrait, in three-quarter profile. The artist wears 1830s dress and clutches his coat with both hands.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Self-Portrait (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil Painting, 'Self-Portrait', William Havell, 1830 |
| Physical description | An oil self-portrait, in three-quarter profile. The artist wears 1830s dress and clutches his coat with both hands. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'given/to/Jane/Havell/portrait/of W/Havell/January/1841/Painted in/1830 by/W. Havell.' (Inscribed, possibly by the artist, on a piece of wood on th back of the stretcher) |
| Credit line | Given by H. Allnutt, the artist's nephew |
| Object history | Given by Mr H. Allnutt, 1894 |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 121-122 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 870-1894 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2006 |
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