Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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George Thompson his Wife and  his SisterinLaw
Bequeathed by Mrs Elizabeth Carstairs 1952
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
bag
book - non-specific
chair
clothing and personal items
domestic
family
furnishings
greeting
groups
husband
individuals: female
individuals: male
interior - non-specific
interiors
man
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
reading, writing, printed matter
sitting
society
Thompson
Thompson, George
wife
woman
<p>The group shows Lt. Col. George Thompson and his wife, who have been reading the collected works of the satirical poet Charles Churchill. A lady visitor, carrying her reticule and flowers, interrupts their slippered ease. From the casual gesture with which Thompson motions her towards a chair, one can assume that she is a close relation.The cosy domesticity displayed here is the essence of the small-scale informal group portrait or conversation piece. It is not surprising that Mortimer, who was also a painter of lively theatrical scenes, endows the present portrait with a stage like presence – perhaps even incorporating a hidden joke.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2007</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
26 January 2007 – 30 September 2007
2007-09-30
26 January 2007
2007-01-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-01-26
Family Values
Collection based display
George Thompson, his Wife and (?) his Sister-in-Law
support: 997 × 1260 mm
Bequeathed by Mrs Elizabeth Carstairs 1952
<p>The group shows Lt. Col. George Thompson and his wife, who have been reading the collected works of the satirical poet Charles Churchill. A lady visitor, carrying her reticule and flowers, interrupts their slippered ease. From the casual gesture with which Thompson motions her towards a chair, one can assume that she is a close relation.The cosy domesticity displayed here is the essence of the small-scale informal group portrait or conversation piece. It is not surprising that Mortimer, who was also a painter of lively theatrical scenes, endows the present portrait with a stage like presence – perhaps even incorporating a hidden joke.</p>

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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults bag book - non-specific chair clothing and personal items domestic family furnishings greeting groups husband individuals: female individuals: male interior - non-specific interiors man named individuals objects people portraits reading, writing, printed matter sitting society Thompson Thompson, George wife woman