Ford Madox Brown

Portrait of Dykes Barry as a Child

1853

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Artist
Ford Madox Brown 1821–1893
Medium
Oil paint on mahogany
Dimensions
Support: 152 × 127 mm
frame: 380 × 287 × 65 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Miss A.B. Marshall 1937
Reference
N04866

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This portrait was painted in Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, overlooking the River Thames. We know very little more about it. Some under-drawing on the left, of a higher frill and a lower shoulder, suggests that it was painted from life. Ford Madox Brown was a pioneer in seeking objectivity in child portraiture. His pictures emphasised individuality above sentimentality and idealisation.

Gallery label, July 2007

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