The Letter of Introduction
| The Letter of Introduction | |
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| Artist | David Wilkie |
| Year | 1813 |
| Type | Oil on panel, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 61 cm × 50.2 cm (24 in × 19.8 in) |
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The Letter of Introduction is an 1813 genre painting by the British artist David Wilkie.[1] It shows a young man in an awkward situation having called on a potential patron early in the morning with what turns out to be a worthless letter of introduction. The man, a gentlemen scholar, has an unwelcoming expression while his dog is noticeably hostile.[2]
The painting was shown at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1814 along with The Refusal.[3] Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, having been acquired in 1938.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Macmillan p.176
- ↑ Tromans p.156
- ↑ Tromans p.9
- ↑ https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5577
Bibliography
[edit]- Macmillan, Duncan. Scottish Art, 1460-2000. Mainstream Publishing, 2000.
- Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
- Wright, Christopher, Gordon, Catherine May & Smith, Mary Peskett. British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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