An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago is an 1847 genre painting by the British artist William Powell Frith.[1][2] During the early stages of his career Frith was a member of The Clique artistic group. He later became known for his panoramic crowd scenes The Derby Day and The Railway Station.
| An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago | |
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| Artist | William Powell Frith |
| Year | 1847 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 113 cm × 185.5 cm (44 in × 73.0 in) |
| Location | Private Collection |
The work depicts a day of festivities in an English village in the mid-eighteenth century. It was one of several paintings that cemented Frith's growing reputation.[3] It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1847. An oil sketch for the painting is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.[4]
References
edit- ^ Gaunt p.223
- ^ Trotter p.6
- ^ Wrightsman p.381
- ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127910/an-english-merry-making-a-oil-painting-frith-william-powell/
Bibliography
edit- Gaunt, William. The Restless Century: Painting in Britain, 1800-1900. Phaidon, 1972.
- Green, Richard & Sellars, Jane. William Powell Frith: The People's Painter. Bloomsbury, 2019.
- Trotter, David. William Powell Frith: Painting the Victorian Age. Yale University Press, 2006
- Wrightsman, Jayne . The Wrightsman Pictures. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.
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