STILL LIFE
Creator(s): William Duffield (Painter)
Currently in storage
About this object
On a stone ledge there is a still life of fruit, purple and white grapes with leaves, pears, red and white currants and plums in a basket. Below, on the ledge, are a pineapple, grapes, apples, raspberries, half an orange, a melon, potatoes and a bird's nest with eggs. Spilling out of the basket is a white cloth which lies on top of the ledge and upon which rests some of the fruit. There is a reddish wool fringed carpet underneath the basket and fruit, showing at the lower right side of the painting. In the right background is a wall, and to the left is open sky with clouds above a mountain range.
- Object name:
- STILL LIFE
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 1859
- Size:
- 69.2 × 89.5 cm (27 1/4 × 35 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.179
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE; DATE W. Duffield 1859 lower left stencil CR 551 on reverse at upper right in black ink; stencil was discovered when old lining was removed during conservation treatment (see photos in treatment report) stencil PREPARED BY / CHARLES ROBERSON / 31 LONGACRE, LONDON on reverse at upper right in black ink; stencil was discovered when old lining was removed during conservation treatment (see photos in treatment report)
- Credit line:
- Gift of General Foods, 1978