1841
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The six children of Elhanan Bicknell Esq is a 1841 watercolor by Stephen Poyntz Denning, a Romanticism work, depicting Family, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts six children in a room, with a red armchair and a statue in the background. The children are dressed in formal attire, with the boys wearing dark jackets and the girls wearing white dresses. The children are arranged in a semi-circle, with the oldest boy standing behind the armchair and the youngest girl sitting on the floor. The room is decorated with a large window on the left side, which shows a landscape with trees and hills. The painting is a beautiful example of Romanticism, a movement that emphasized emotion and imagination. To learn more about this style, explore the Romanticism movement.
A landscape-format watercolour portrait from 1841 by Stephen Poyntz Denning depicts the six children of art patron Elhanan Bicknell Esquire, with some seated and standing around the eldest girl positioned in an armchair at the center, while others play with flowers. The work is signed by the artist and includes gold-inscribed exhibition details.
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Stephen Poyntz Denning was an English portrait painter and gallery curator. He studied drawing and painting under John Masey Wright, working from Wright's address from 1814 to 1817, before exhibiting oil and watercolour…
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