Rippingille (Edward Villiers, 1798-1859). Family group of children in a drawing room, circa 1820s, oil on wood panel, depicting 8 children, the oldest a dark-haired girl in a white dress with pink sash standing in the centre holding the youngest child who takes a rose from her sister kneeling on the sofa beside, to the left a boy seated on the sofa, and a small girl standing on the seat next to him, jestingly about to put her bonnet on his head, their small sister seated on a stool in front cradling a doll, and to the right a girl in a red dress seated at a square piano, her brother in blue standing behind and proffering a piece of music, against the backdrop of an archway, crimson drapes at a large window, and oil paintings on the wall, including one of Hotwells and Avon Gorge, Bristol, cleaned and re-varnished in 1992 (with some minor re-touching), 51.5 x 36.2 cm (20 1/4 x 14 1/4 ins), framed (60.5 x 45 cm) (Quantity: 1) Provenance: With J. Nicholas Drummond, London, by 1992, where purchased by the current owner; Private Collection, Gloucestershire, UK. A member of the Bristol School of artists, Edward Rippingille is best known for his narrative and genre paintings, but he also excelled at group portraits such as the present work, which is particularly charming in the interactions of the infants and the accompanying detail.
Rippingille (Edward Villiers, 1798-1859). Family group of children in a drawing room, circa 1820s, oil on wood panel, depicting 8 children, the oldest a dark-haired girl in a white dress with pink sash standing in the centre holding the youngest child who takes a rose from her sister kneeling on the sofa beside, to the left a boy seated on the sofa, and a small girl standing on the seat next to him, jestingly about to put her bonnet on his head, their small sister seated on a stool in front cradling a doll, and to the right a girl in a red dress seated at a square piano, her brother in blue standing behind and proffering a piece of music, against the backdrop of an archway, crimson drapes at a large window, and oil paintings on the wall, including one of Hotwells and Avon Gorge, Bristol, cleaned and re-varnished in 1992 (with some minor re-touching), 51.5 x 36.2 cm (20 1/4 x 14 1/4 ins), framed (60.5 x 45 cm) (Quantity: 1) Provenance: With J. Nicholas Drummond, London, by 1992, where purchased by the current owner; Private Collection, Gloucestershire, UK. A member of the Bristol School of artists, Edward Rippingille is best known for his narrative and genre paintings, but he also excelled at group portraits such as the present work, which is particularly charming in the interactions of the infants and the accompanying detail.
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