The Broken Pitcher
William Frederick Witherington, RA (London 1785 - London 1865)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1815 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
375 x 330 mm (14 3/4 x 13 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732221
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Broken Pitcher by William Frederick Witherington, RA (London 1785 - London 1865), signed and dated 1815. Two children in a landscape:a little girl carries a broken jug, and a smaller child holds up a piece of it.
Provenance
Acquired by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758 – 1838);given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
William Frederick Witherington, RA (London 1785 - London 1865), artist