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The Penitent's Vision
WHAITE, Henry Clarence (1828-1912)
Whaite was born in Manchester, and attended Manchester School of Art and Leigh's Academy in London. From 1851 he spent much time at Betws-y-coed, where he was encouraged by David Cox. He was on the periphery of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, and was praised by the critic John Ruskin in 1859. In 1862 he began a large painting called 'The Penitent's Vision', which he reworked on a theme from 'The Pilgrim's Progress', but this was rejected by the Royal Academy in 1865. In 1883 he cut the painting into four sections, of which this is one, adding the figure of the sleeping shepherd.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 19777
Creation/Production
WHAITE, Henry Clarence
Date: 1865
Acquisition
Purchase, 30/3/2001
Measurements
Height
(cm): 102
Width
(cm): 66.2
h(cm) frame:137.8
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:102.2
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:7.0
d(cm)
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
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