Charles West CopeRegno Unito, 1811–1890Palpitation
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Londra, Regno Unito
SalaPaintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries
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About the painting
Palpitation is an 1844 genre painting by the British artist Charles West Cope. It depicts a fashionable young woman waiting in a state of or anxiety as the postman and a servant are gossiping on the doorstep. She is waiting for a letter, either from a suitor or a secret lover.
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1844 held at London's National Gallery. It was acquired by the art collector John Sheepshanks, who included it in his large donation of paintings to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1857.
In the museum's words
The artist described this scene as ‘a young lady waiting for her letter, while the postman and servant are gossiping on the doorstep’. It is unclear whether the palpitation of the title is caused by the lady’s anxiety to receive a letter from a suitor or to intercept a letter from an illicit lover.
Victoria and Albert Museum
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- FA.52[O]
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- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · acquisita 11 giorni fa
- Immagine: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
