23/1998

Collection

Paintings, Prints and Drawings

Brief description

‘Drawing Room / 59 Seymour Street’, drawing room interior scene, watercolour on paper, by Matilda Sharpe, c.1850, in a gilded and burnished frame with shell corner decorations, thought to have been manufactured in Britain c.1850.

Title

The Drawing Room at 59 Seymour Street

Object name

painting
watercolour painting

Object number

23/1998

Location

On Display

Production person

Matilda Sharpe (artist)

Production date

c.1850 (painted)

Production place

London (painted)

Period

Victorian (1837-1901)

Material

paper
watercolour
paint

Technique

painted

Physical description

Watercolour painting in a gilt wood frame with shell motifs at the corners. It is inscribed on reverse 'Matilda Sha [the rest obliterated]/ Drawing room/ 59 Seymour' and with a piece of paper supplied by Charles Plante inscribed 'Matilda Sharpe/ 59 Seymour Street W.' The frame is inscribed on the back 'Agnes Sophia Woodd.'

Content description

This watercolour painting depicts a drawing room. In the centre of the room there is a circular pedestal table covered with a reddy brown table cloth and a Regency chair with a red squab cushion pulled up to the table. To the left of the fireplace there is a green fire screen. In the corner to the right of the fireplace is a sofa, to the left an armchair, both upholstered in red. Four pictures are shown on the fireplace wall and at least one is reflected in the mirror. They are hung on long wires/cords nailed below the cornice.

Dimensions

Height: 20.5cm
Width: 22.5cm
Height: 13cm
Width: 15cm

Website keywords

mirrors
seating
tables
ornaments
pictures
textiles
wall treatments
window treatments
fireplaces
images of rooms