My Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman
Oil Painting
1831 (painted)
1831 (painted)
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This painting depicts an incident from Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy (1765). It shows the Widow Wadman trying to stir the affections of Captain Shandy. He peers into her face as she holds a handkerchief to her eye, pretending she has something in it. It was one of Leslie's most popular compositions.
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Title | My Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | oil on canvas |
Brief description | Oil painting by Charles Robert Leslie entitled 'My Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman', depicting characters from Laurence Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy'. Great Britain, 1831. |
Physical description | The incident depicted is taken from Laurence Sterne's comic masterpiece 'Tristram Shandy' and shows Captain Shandy under siege from the amorous Widow Wadman. Captain Shandy peers into the face of Widow Wadman who, holding a handkerchief up to her left eye, affects to have something caught in it. |
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Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
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Summary | This painting depicts an incident from Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy (1765). It shows the Widow Wadman trying to stir the affections of Captain Shandy. He peers into her face as she holds a handkerchief to her eye, pretending she has something in it. It was one of Leslie's most popular compositions. |
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Accession number | FA.113[O] |
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Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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