The Mid-Day Meal

1790s

George Morland

Associated Names
George Morland

Artist, British, 1763 - 1804

The image shows a man seated in a relaxed position, looking to the left and holding something small. He has short dark hair, wears a light-colored shirt with a large collar, a bright scarf tied at the neck, light-colored trousers, long light-colored socks, and buckled shoes. The background is simple with shaded strokes, and the overall image is composed in pencil or charcoal with some colored accents.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with colored chalks on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.6 x 19.6 cm (10 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.122

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1984-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 40.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Bibliography

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, ex 40.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in brown ink: G Morland; by later hand, center verso in brown ink: Morland; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 6

Wikidata ID

Q64571528

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