Watercolour and graphite on paper
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Childs Problem
Presented by Dr R.C. Neville 1954
adults
black
boy
carafe
chess / draughts
chess board / chequerboard
children
clothing and personal items
domestic
ethnicity
figure
fine arts and music
furnishings
interiors
kitchen
leisure and pastimes
living room
nudes
objects
people
picture
playing
recreational activities
sculpture
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
slavery
social comment
society
sports and games
table
transport: water
vase
veil
vessels and containers
woman
<p>The title of this work refers to a position on the chess board which was considered simple enough to have been set by a child. The theme of the opposition of black and white is picked up in the pictures on the wall which relate to the anti-slavery movement, a cause supported by Dadd’s family. On the table are delicate still-life objects, such as the walnut shell boat to the left, which may or may not have significance.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2007</em></p>
paper unique watercolour graphite
6 October 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
6 October 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-10-06
Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Ghent, Belgium)
http://www.gent.be/
2007-10-06
British Vision, Observation and Imagination in British Art, 1750 -1950
Loan-out
27 May 2009 – 17 January 2010
2010-01-17
27 May 2009 – 20 September 2009
2009-09-20
2009-05-27
Sammlung Prinzhorn (Heidelberg, Germany)
14 October 2009 – 17 January 2010
2010-01-17
2009-10-14
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2009-05-27
Richard Dadd 1817 - 1886
Loan-out
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
2011-02-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-02-16
Watercolour
Exhibition
1 June 2015 – 31 October 2015
2015-10-31
1 June 2015 – 31 October 2015
2015-10-31
2015-06-01
Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village (Compton, UK)
http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk
2015-06-01
Richard Dadd
Loan-out
The Child’s Problem
support: 171 × 254 mm
Presented by Dr R.C. Neville 1954
<p>The title of this work refers to a position on the chess board which was considered simple enough to have been set by a child. The theme of the opposition of black and white is picked up in the pictures on the wall which relate to the anti-slavery movement, a cause supported by Dadd’s family. On the table are delicate still-life objects, such as the walnut shell boat to the left, which may or may not have significance.</p>

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adults black boy carafe chess board / chequerboard chess / draughts children clothing and personal items domestic ethnicity figure fine arts and music furnishings interiors kitchen leisure and pastimes living room nudes objects people picture playing recreational activities sculpture sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing slavery social comment society sports and games table transport: water vase veil vessels and containers woman