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Cottages on the coast

Oil Painting
1806 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting of cottages on a coast, with a few small figures at right gazing out to sea.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleCottages on the coast (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on board
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Cottages on the Coast' by William Mulready. Great Britain, 1806.
Physical description
An oil painting of cottages on a coast, with a few small figures at right gazing out to sea.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 16.4cm
  • Estimate width: 21.4cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'WM 1806' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 211
Collection
Accession number
FA.162A[O]

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Record createdSeptember 7, 2006
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