Benjamin Robert HaydonEnglish, 1786–1846Punch or May Day
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The National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Punch or May Day is an 1829 genre painting by the British artist Benjamin Robert Haydon. It depicts a street scene on the May Day holiday in the Marylebone district of London during the final year of the reign of George IV at the end of the Regency era.
The canvas is filled with multiple mini-scenes including a Punch and Judy the coach of a newly married couple and a funeral procession. In the background on the right is St Marylebone Church. Today it is in the Tate Collection, having been bequeathed by George Darling in 1862.
Particulars
- Accession number
- NG682
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: The National Gallery — Benjamin Haydon · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
![Xenophon and the Greeks Sighting the Sea [verso], Benjamin Robert Haydon](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/667c3fdf-a836-4fdd-9602-f49aacad5f57/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Study of the Statue of Diana in the Vatican [verso], Benjamin Robert Haydon](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/111e8770-e79b-4176-a775-3ef2cc01851a/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Study of a Foot [verso], Benjamin Robert Haydon](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8c3095d3-05ae-44ae-a773-e6a606a12102/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Study of a Hand [recto], Benjamin Robert Haydon](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/87551ff1-bdb9-4d7b-9cbf-bdbe473cf975/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Study of a Right Hand [recto], Benjamin Robert Haydon](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/87d22d10-a954-4017-8f35-131199dfdf50/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Xenophon and the Greeks Sighting the Sea [recto], Benjamin Robert Haydon](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/79dd8f85-e2bb-4a6d-a627-99c09e424cb0/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
