Frederick Goodall英格兰, 1822–1904The Village Post Office
可否一睹真容？
眼下不见客
倫敦, 英国
仍属馆藏，只是目前没有展出。
- 核实
- 此状态始于
- 出处
- 博物馆
关于这幅画
The first regular pre-paid postal service in the world began in England in 1840, and paintings such as this exploited popular interest in sending and receiving letters. In early years, a village post office often had its home in the local inn, which was, (and still is in some places), with the church, the focal centre of the community. The people on the left are reading a copy of the Times which carries the news of victory for Britain in the first Sikh War of 1845/6, another topical reference of the kind the mid-century exhibition audience so much enjoyed, while the other group, a woman with her children, have received a letter - sealed with black wax to indicate a death - presumably with the news that the family have lost their husband and father in the battle.
维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆
作品信息
- 馆藏编号
- 512-1882
画面内容
已收入目录
出处
- 维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆
- 图片： 维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆 — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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