Landscape with a Gypsy Family

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection


  • About the artist
    George Morland was born in London, the son of painter, engraver and art dealer Henry Robert Morland. He was apprenticed to his father before studying at the Royal Academy Schools. Morland first exhibited work at the Royal Academy when he was aged about ten and went on to be a regular exhibitor there and at The Society of Artists of Great Britain. In 1780, the first of numerous engravings after his work were published. Morland’s work had a wide appeal and was often copied or even faked. His last years were plagued by excessive drinking, debts and poor health. Although he continued to paint to pay his creditors, the quality of his work declined. He died in a bailiff's lodging-house in Clerkenwell, London, reportedly of a brain fever.
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    canvas, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Title
    Landscape with a Gypsy Family
    Date
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 38.50 cm, width: 49.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Colnaghi's, February 1954
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    Provenance
    Collection of Lionel William [Inigo Jones] Neeld (died 1956) of Grittleton House, Chippenham, Wiltshire; [presumably his sale, Christie’s, 9 June 1944]; collection of Mrs F. L. Evans; from whom purchased by Colnaghi, London, on 2 February 1954; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works on 4 February 1954
    GAC number
    2620