A class of children
1850
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A class of children is a 1850 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, depicting Ethnology, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A group of children sit in rows in a plain room. Boys wear suits, girls wear dark dresses. The teacher stands at the front, pointing to a blackboard. This was painted around 1850, when artists often showed everyday life. The faces aren’t detailed, but the room feels real. No one knows who painted it. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum for more art like this.
A class of children is seated under a thatched shelter, engaged in reading from palm leaves while their master, seated on a mat, writes on a palm leaf with a stylus, with additional palm leaves scattered around. Two boys are being disciplined: one is subjected to the 'stooping string' for failing to learn his lesson, and the other is forced to perform the 'catching the crane' punishment, balancing on one forefinger and the right leg.
Read the full account in the museum source.
