Not on display

The Hermit

Oil Painting
ca. 1841 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil on canvas depicting an elderly man dressed in brown robes, seated in a sparse dark room reading, with a skull in the background.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Hermit (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Hermit' by Charles Landseer. Great Britain, ca. 1841.
Physical description
Oil on canvas depicting an elderly man dressed in brown robes, seated in a sparse dark room reading, with a skull in the background.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 55.9cm
  • Estimate width: 45.7cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
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. 138
Collection
Accession number
FA.105[O]

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2007
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