'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed [in later hand?], lower right: "C. R. Ryley"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.545
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
house | trees | ribbons (materials) | comfort | gesture | winter | Georgian | children | boys | men | chaplain | women | family | illustration | poke bonnet | mobcap | gowns | hats | shawls | shawls | coats | chairs | bonnet (hat) | fichus | basket | pitchers | staff (walking stick) | cane | literary theme | novel | The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
Associated Places:
Wakefield | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Norma Clarke, A voice for our times : Oliver Goldsmith, versatile stylist and Irish insider-outsider in Georgian London, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, May 2, 2025, p. 18, Periodical Shelf Mezzanine (YCBA)Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 194-195, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)