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Description: | The subject of this eighteenth-century scene is taken from Oliver Goldsmith's novel The Vicar of Wakefield' (1761-2). A group of figures are gathered in a sunny Italianate garden by a lion-headed fountain below a wooded hill. The central character is Dr. Primrose, an elderly man in breeches and a jacket; he is seated in an ornate wheeled chair, draped in ermine and placed on a carpet. Surrounding Primrose are his family; to the left sitting on the carpet his son, Moses, in a white shirt and holding what might be a flute, to the right kneels one of his daughters in a pink sack-back' dress and behind the chair another daughter in a yellow dress stands holding a green parasol. In the background on the right, an elderly female servant approaches, holding a tray and bowl.
Technique: oil on canvas
medium: oil paint | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.602 | Go to resource |
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