Mr and Mrs William Hallett

Mr and Mrs William Hallett. Oil on canvas, 1785.

Mr and Mrs William Hallett is a 1785 painting by Thomas Gainsborough in the collection of the National Gallery, London (NG 6209). It is popularly known as The Morning Walk. The painting was attacked by a man with a sharp object on 18 March 2017.[1][2]

History

Gainsborough painted the work in the summer of 1785, shortly before the marriage of the subjects, WIlliam Hallett (1764-1842) and Elizabeth Stephen (1763/4-1833) then both aged 21. After Mrs Hallett's death the painting was offered for sale at Foster's in 1834, though it remained unsold. Later the ownership was disputed. In April 1884 it was sold from the Hilliard collection to Agnew's who sold it on, eight days later, to Sir N. M. Rothschild (later Lord Rothschild). The painting was acquired for the National Gallery in 1954, from the collection of Lord Rothschild, for £30,000, the Art Fund providing a grant of £5000 towards the purchase price.[3]

Influence

Sir Christopher and Lady Sykes by George Romney

Gainsborough's composition was the inspiration for George Romney's portrait of Sir Christopher and Lady Sykes, known as The Evening Walk.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Alice Ross (2017-03-19). "Man charged over attack on Gainsborough painting at National Gallery | UK news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. ↑ Shea, Christopher D. (20 March 2017). "Gainsborough Painting Is Attacked at National Gallery in London" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ↑ Fund, Art. "Mr and Mrs William Hallett (The Morning Walk) by Thomas Gainsborough".
  4. ↑ Erika Langmuir (2006). Imagining Childhood. Yale University Press. p. 231. ISBN 0-300-10131-7.

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