1845
oil
panel
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Choosing the Wedding Gown is a 1845 oil by William Mulready, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
In this painting, a group of people are gathered in a room, surrounded by various objects. A woman in a yellow dress stands out, holding a piece of fabric, while others look on. The room is filled with furniture, including a red chest and a table, and there's a dog lying on the floor. The scene appears to be set in a domestic setting, with the group engaged in a conversation or activity. The woman's dress and the fabric she holds suggest a focus on textiles or fashion. The presence of the dog adds a sense of warmth and comfort to the scene. To learn more about the artist behind this work, explore the art of William Mulready.
Choosing the Wedding Gown is an oil on panel genre painting by the Irish artist William Mulready, from 1845. It illustrates a scene from Oliver Goldsmith's novel The Vicar of Wakefield. Mulready originally created the image as a frontispiece for an 1843 edition of the novel. Such pictures based on popular literature were popular in the early Victorian era. The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1846 at the National Gallery where it was considered one of the major highlights. Today it is in the Victoria and Albert Museum having been donated as part of the Sheepshanks…
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William Mulready was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticising depictions of rural scenes, and for creating Mulready stationery letter sheets, issued at the same time as the Penny Black postage stamp.
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