Richard RedgraveRoyaume-Uni, 1804–1888Throwing off Her Weeds
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Où est « Throwing off Her Weeds » aujourd’hui ? Victoria and Albert Museum, Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries, Londres. Oui, exposée actuellement. Vérifié 25 septembre 2026.
Londres, Royaume-Uni
SallePaintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries
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À propos du tableau
A young widow is impatient to discard her black mourning clothes (known as widow's weeds) because she has plans to marry again. The seamstress is showing her a lilac-coloured dress, a colour considered appropriate for a woman in the last phase of mourning. At this time, the mourning period for a husband was expected to be at least two years.
Originally the picture included a figure of a soldier, the widow's new suitor, entering through the doorway. Critics thought this was vulgar, and Redgrave painted the figure out, but he kept a number of other visual clues to suggest that the woman is soon to be married again: there is a bridal bonnet in the hat-box in the foreground, and a sprig of orange blossom (a flower which was usually worn or carried at weddings) on the dressing table.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- FA.170[O]
Ce qu’elle montre
Au catalogue
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image : Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
