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Galway Peasants

Francis William Topham

1857

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Early 19th Century Genre Scene

Dominant colour

Galway Peasants is a 1857 watercolor by Francis William Topham, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Francis William Topham
When & what style?: 1857 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour by Francis William Topham depicts a girl carrying a smaller child within a landscape setting, reflecting the artist's focus on figure subjects and peasant life.

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About the artist

Artist

Francis William Topham

Francis William Topham (15 April 1808 – 31 March 1877) was an English painter, mainly in watercolour but also in oils, illustrator and engraver, mainly of figure subjects, especially peasants in Ireland, Spain and Italy.

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