A Girl deploring the Death of a Pheasant
Henry Thomson RA (London 1773 – Portsea 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1815 - 1816 (bought)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
743 x 610 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732260
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Girl deploring the Death of a Pheasant by Henry Thomson RA (London 1773 – Portsea 1843), circa 1815 - 1816. A small girl, in a simple brown dress, is seated on the right with her back to the viewer but her face is twisted round and she looks downwards, bending over a dead cock pheasant.
Provenance
Acquired by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758 – 1838) in 1816 and thence by descent; 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
Henry Thomson RA (London 1773 – Portsea 1843), artist