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Name of Object:

An Anxious Hour

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Date of Object:

1865

Author:

Alexander Farmer (1825-1869)

Inventory Number:

541-1905

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Oil on panel

Dimensions:

Height: 11.875 in estimate, Width: 16 in estimate, Height: 51 cm framed, Width: 62 cm framed

Provenance:

United Kingdom

Description:

Farmer specialised in genre scenes, often with sentimental subjects. An Anxious Hour reflects the high death rate of Victorian children from disease. The sitter is probably the artist's sister Emily, a watercolourist who painted similar subjects.

Citation of this web page:

Victoria and Albert Museum "An Anxious Hour" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;142;en

Prepared by: Victoria and Albert Museum

MWNF Working Number: UK 142

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