39/2004
Collection
Paintings, Prints and Drawings
Brief description
Interior of a parlour with seated man smoking, oil on canvas, signed by John Edward Soden, 1862, in an ebonised pine frame with gilded sight edge, possibly twentieth century.
Title
Man smoking in a parlour
Smoking by the Fireside
Smoking by the Fireside
Object name
painting
oil painting
oil painting
Object number
39/2004
Location
On Display
Production person
John Edward Soden (artist)
Production date
1862 (painted)
Production place
England (painted)
Period
Victorian (1837-1901)
Material
oil paint
canvas
canvas
Technique
painted
Physical description
Oil painting on canvas in an ebonised pine picture frame with a gilded sight edge.
Content description
This painting depicts a man smoking in a parlour or drawing room. The man is shown lounging in a red upholstered armchair smoking a clay pipe with one leg resting on the fender and the other slung over the arm of the chair. To the left of the picture is a round table, covered with a deep tablecloth, on which a vase of flowers, a small silver tobacco box and a volume entitled 'The Turf' have been placed. To the right there is a fireplace equipped with fire irons and a highly polished fender. The room is decorated with a patterned carpet and a pink wallpaper with a decorative border. A window dressed with a slatted blind and net curtains can be seen in the background and various pieces of furniture, paintings and ornaments are disposed around the room. In the foreground an empty pewter tankard and playing cards lie discarded on the carpet and a newspaper is draped over an overturned footstool. The painting is signed and dated on the stamped envelope, which is shown lying on the carpet beside the fender at the bottom right corner.
Dimensions
Height: 30cm
Width: 35.5cm
Height: 36.3cm
Width: 42.2cm
Width: 35.5cm
Height: 36.3cm
Width: 42.2cm
Website keywords
serving drink
smoking
floor treatments
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ornaments
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wall treatments
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fireplaces
fire tools
reading
smoking
floor treatments
furniture
ornaments
pictures
wall treatments
window treatments
fireplaces
fire tools
reading
Rights note
Painting is out of copyright.
The photograph is in copyright to the Museum of the Home
The photograph is in copyright to the Museum of the Home