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The Orphans
Wood, John1830
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
"Exhibited at the RA in 1830 (197) and at the British Institution in 1831. The RA catalogue quotes a verse by S.C. Hall (1800-89): 'Silently eloquent/ By the way-side those gentle orphans stood,/ Not asking aid, save by those looks and tears/ That tell their tale - poor desolate ones! -/ The blight of winter hath come o'er their spring./ Oh! for some blessed beam to cherish them.' The left-hand figure recalls Lawrence's 'Lady Georgiana Fane' of 1806 (Tate Britain), engraved in 1826.
With DPG453 ('Endymion'), 'The Orphans' was cited in Wood's obituary as a work which particularly contributed to his contemporary reputation."
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Details
- Title: The Orphans
- Creator Lifespan: 1801 - [1870]
- Date: 1830
- Physical Dimensions: w1054 x h1432 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Notes: Eng. C. Rolls 1831 ('The Amulet')The left-hand figure recalls Lawrence's 'Lady Georgiana Fane' of 1806 (Tate, N00922), engraved in 1826.
- Work Nationality: British
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: Gift of Miss S. Wyatt Gray, 1897 (a label verso reads: 'Aigburton House, Heathfield Gardens, Turnham Green, London W.').
- Inscriptions: Signed, bottom left: 'John Wood. / 1830.'
- Artist: Wood, John
- Acquisition Method: Wyatt Gray, Miss S. (Gift, 1897)
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