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Victoria and Albert Museum
Autolycus

Autolycus, Charles Robert Leslie, ca. 1836

Charles Robert Leslie, portrait

Charles Robert LeslieAmerican, 1794–1859

Autolycus

ca. 1836 · Oil painting · 53.3 × 73.6 cm

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

RoomPaintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries

On public display.

Checked: 8 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

On the map Museum page

About the painting

Autolycus was a thief disguised as a pedlar who appears in Shakespeare's play A Winter's Tale. He is shown here selling cheap goods and sensational printed ballads to gullible country folk. Leslie based the background sky and the ash tree at the right on studies supplied by his friend, the landscape painter John Constable.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Particulars

ca. 1836

17941859

Accession number: FA.115[O]

What it shows

In the catalog

British School Great Britain

Sources

Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 8 days ago
Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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My Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman, Charles Robert Leslie, 1831

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Florizel and Perdita, Charles Robert Leslie, ca. 1837

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Queen Victoria in Her Coronation Robes, Charles Robert Leslie, 1838

Queen Victoria in Her Coronation Robes

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Sancho Panza, Charles Robert Leslie, 1839

Sancho Panza

1839 · Victoria and Albert Museum

Dulcinea del Toboso, Charles Robert Leslie, 1839

Dulcinea del Toboso

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A Garden Scene, Charles Robert Leslie, 1840

A Garden Scene

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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Charles Robert Leslie, ca. 1841

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

ca. 1841 · Victoria and Albert Museum

Queen Katherine and Patience, Charles Robert Leslie, 1842

Queen Katherine and Patience

1842 · Victoria and Albert Museum

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design by Johann Joachim Kaendler, manufactured by Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH

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Jina Parsvanatha, Chakravarti Paloja, late 12th century - early 14th century

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Figure, 618-907

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Ghiberti: design for a mosaic in the Museum (the 'Kensington Valhalla'), Edward Henry Wehnert, mid 1860s

Edward Henry Wehnert

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Autolycus — Charles Robert Leslie · ART WIKI