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St Benet's Abbey

Oil Painting
1833 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil painting entitled 'St Benet's Abbey' in Norfolk, depicting the ruined abbey. There is a dog and a horse and cart on the road in front of the abbey, with a figure ahead of the animals, walking away into the distance.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSt Benet's Abbey (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'St Benet's Abbey' in Norfolk by William James Müller. Great Britain, 1833.
Physical description
Oil painting entitled 'St Benet's Abbey' in Norfolk, depicting the ruined abbey. There is a dog and a horse and cart on the road in front of the abbey, with a figure ahead of the animals, walking away into the distance.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 52.7cm
  • Approx. width: 73.7cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'W J M[in monogram]üller/1833' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Henry Louis Florence
Object history
Bequeathed by Henry L. Florence, 1916
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 195
Collection
Accession number
P.63-1917

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Record createdApril 16, 2007
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