Not on display
- Artist
- Thomas Faed 1826–1900
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 673 × 552 mm
frame: 1023 × 892 × 116 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
- Reference
- N01526
Display caption
In this painting a couple sit in silence next to their marital bed, unable to communicate after a row. The man bites the handle of his walking stick in frustration. The woman gazes stonily ahead and twists a handkerchief to control her anger.Thomas Faed was a Scottish artist who specialised in genre scenes based on Highland subjects. The man here is thought to be a self-portrait.
Gallery label, July 2007
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