second half of the 19th century
cm 140 x 112
Oil on canvas portrait of a rich lady in a domestic setting; signed WP Frith lower left.
The figure of the noblewoman stands out against the dark background of the curtains and richly decorated walls of a palace, thanks to the surprising rendering of the dress, light and bright.
William Powell Frith (Aldfield 1819 – London 1909) is one of the best known and most appreciated painters of the Victorian era. He began by painting literary subjects and his famous paintings were based on characters and scenes from Shakespeare and Dickens (who commissioned various works from him) but in the XNUMXs he shifted his attention to contemporary scenes, with which he had enormous commercial success.
Derby Day was so popular when they exhibited it at the Royal Academy it had to be protected from crowds of admirers.
Its fame only increased in the 900s, when after the Second World War, there was a revaluation of the Victorian area.

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