Henry Robert Morland (London c. 1716 - 1797)

A lady's maid soaping linen

Details

Henry Robert Morland (London c. 1716 - 1797)
A lady's maid soaping linen
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.3 x 63.5 cm.)
in an English 18th century carved and gilded 'Chippendale' style frame

Provenance

The Earl of Halifax.
M. Piermont Morgan, 1897.
with Harari & Johns Ltd, London, where acquired by the present owner in the early 1980s.

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Descrizione dettagliata lotto

Morland's series of women performing household chores, published as mezzotints by his friend Philip Dawe in 1769, were clearly inspired by Philip Mercier's series of paintings engraved during the 1750s under the collective title 'Domestic Employment'. Morland exhibited several versions of this composition (see M. Postle, Angels & Urchins: The Fancy Picture in 18th Century British Art, London, 1998, under no. 70).

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