File:William Powell Frith - An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago.jpg
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[edit]William Powell Frith: An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q955750 |
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Title |
An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago label QS:Len,"An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago" |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
"When the merry bells ring round, And jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the checquered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday" - Milton's L'Allegro |
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Date |
1847 date QS:P571,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 185.5 cm (73 in) dimensions QS:P2048,113U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,185.5U174728 |
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Object history |
Sold by Frith to a picture-dealer John Graham, Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire, by 1862. H.W.F. Bolckow by 1887 (+); Christie's, London, 18 June 1892, lot 159, 430 gns to William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort, and thence by descent. |
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Exhibition history |
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left: W.P. Frith. 1847
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Source/Photographer | Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5275395 (sale 7788, lot 34, London, 16 December 2009) |
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