File:Choosing the Wedding Gown vicar of wakefield mulready.jpg
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Summary
William Mulready: Choosing the Wedding Gown
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| Title |
Choosing the Wedding Gown |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Oil painting by William Mulready entitled 'Choosing the Wedding Gown' (Goldsmith, 'The Vicar of Wakefield', Chapter 1). Great Britain, 1845. |
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| Date | 1845 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Oil Painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 52.9 cm x 44.7 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection |
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| Accession number |
FA.145[O] |
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| Object history | John Sheepshanks, the industrialist and collector, supported the artist Mulready and is said to have paid the large sum of £1050 for this painting which shows a scene from a popular novel of the time. Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1846 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Oil on panel depicting a group portrait scene from Goldsmith's 'The Vicar of Wakefield'. The bride-to-be is carefully inspecting the fabric from a roll on a counter, whilst the merchant on the other side attempts to persuade her of its quality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 205-206 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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