The Young Mother
Oil Painting
1845 (painted)
1845 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Cope often painted domestic scenes. Although nursing mothers were seldom portrayed in 19th-century art, the critics admired this work. One described it as ‘a simple subject, which is treated with infinite sweetness’. The artist sold several paintings to John Sheepshanks, who was a friend of his father.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Young Mother (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on a gesso ground on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'The Young Mother' by Charles West Cope. Great Britain, 1845. |
| Physical description | Oil on a gesso ground on panel entitled 'The Young Mother', depicting a woman seated on a dark red, leather chair. She is pictured full-length, in profile, breast-feeding a baby dressed in long white robes. |
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| Styles | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'C W Cope 1845' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Cope often painted domestic scenes. Although nursing mothers were seldom portrayed in 19th-century art, the critics admired this work. One described it as ‘a simple subject, which is treated with infinite sweetness’. The artist sold several paintings to John Sheepshanks, who was a friend of his father. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 46 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FA.53[O] |
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| Record created | June 19, 2003 |
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