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The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire

c. 1772
(German, 1733–1810)
England
oil on canvas
Unframed: 101.5 x 127 cm (39 15/16 x 50 in.); Framed: 124.5 x 149.9 x 7.6 cm (49 x 59 x 3 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2023.122
Location: 203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
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This is an idealized, not actual, room showing the sitters’ fashionable interior decorating aspirations.

Description

This type of picture, known as a conversation piece, was invented in England in the 1700s and popular for the informal way it represented families. A father and daughter, mother and son, are strategizing over the next hand in a game of cards. The family recently lost a loved one, so the parents are dressed in full mourning (black clothing), and the siblings in lesser mourning (mauve, white, and gray).
The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire

The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire

c. 1772

Johann Zoffany

(German, 1733–1810)
England

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