Sujet

The Launch - painted by G. Smith, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Launch - painted by G. Smith, 1854. 'This spirited little affair represents an amusing episode in schoolboy life. Amongst a group of urchins playing with toy-boats, is one more adventurous than the rest, who is about starting upon a voyage of discovery in a washing-tub. One of his companions is engaged pushing off the frail bark with a long pole; and they all mightily enjoy the nervous alarm betrayed in the features of the young sailor, who evidently begins to have some misgivings as to the result of the day's proceedings. The surrounding landscape, and the figures introduced in the distance, are well conceived; and the whole is painted in a free and effective style. This picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in the season 1853]. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_321

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

21,5Mo (2,4Mo) / 29,1cm x 18,5cm / 3442 x 2181 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river female people male boy boys child children girl girls boat boats painting play playing clothes British geography dress rustic Victorian century Britain kitsch newspapers press clothing tub concept riverbank APPAREL B&W behaviour apron aprons gender washtub 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W nineteenth century rural The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News rural life ILN newspaper engraving Unknown Regionalism 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing G. Smith Smith G.