A complete illustrated catalogue to the National Gallery . Gallery II. we have seen the Ettys and groupedtogether, as far as possible, for separate examination. In this gallery Gallery III. 41 are paintings of a somewhat earlier date and in soberer qualities ofcolour. Commencing with several Wilkies, which can be examinedtogether, we find, on the left of the door leading from Gallery V.— 921. Blind Mans Buffr Sir David Wilkie. 1 ft. X I ft. 6 in. 1812. Bequeathed by Miss for the large picture in the Royal Collection. 231. Portrait of Thomas Daniel^ landscape painte
A complete illustrated catalogue to the National Gallery . Gallery II. we have seen the Ettys and groupedtogether, as far as possible, for separate examination. In this gallery Gallery III. 41 are paintings of a somewhat earlier date and in soberer qualities ofcolour. Commencing with several Wilkies, which can be examinedtogether, we find, on the left of the door leading from Gallery V.— 921. Blind Mans Buffr Sir David Wilkie. 1 ft. X I ft. 6 in. 1812. Bequeathed by Miss for the large picture in the Royal Collection. 231. Portrait of Thomas Daniel^ landscape painter and David Wilkie. 2 ft. 6 in. X I ft. I li in. Bequeathed by Miss M. A. Fuller. 328. The First Earring. Sir David Wilkie. 2 ft. 5 in. X I ft. I li in. 1835. of Wilkies later works; a mother holding her child whilstshe is having her ears pierced; another record of the barbarouscustom of boring ears for ornament. In the centre of this wall is the popular Village Festival; ofwhich we only give a general indication in the No. 122. 3 It. I in. X 4 ft. i in. 122. The Village Festival: Sir David Wilkie. Painted in 1811. Purchased by Parliament in 1824. On either side of the above—99. The Blind Fiddler. Sir David Wilkie. Painted in 1807. Presented by Sir G. Beaumont in 1826. {Sketched on opposite page.) And— 42- British School.
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