The Sisters
Oil Painting
December 1839 (painted)
December 1839 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
An oil painting depicting two young girls (the artist's daughters) reading a book together.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Sisters |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'The Sisters' by Margaret Sarah Carpenter. Great Britain, 1839. |
| Physical description | An oil painting depicting two young girls (the artist's daughters) reading a book together. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Margaret Sarah Carpenter/Decr 1839' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 22-3 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FA.18[O] |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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