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Needless Alarms
Presented by Lady Aberconway 1940
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
animals: fish and aquatic life
anxiety
arm / arms raised
children
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
female
girl
looking / watching
looking down
nudes
people
standing
toad
<p>This is the third and final sculpture which Frederic Leighton produced, the others being the more heroic male nudes <span>An Athlete Wrestling with a Python </span>1877 and <span>The Sluggard </span>1885. The subject here is a child frightened by a toad, but Leighton is mainly interested in capturing the gentle contours of the figure. When <span>Needless Alarms </span>was shown at the Royal Academy it was much admired, especially by the painter John Everett Millais, who acquired a cast of it.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2016</em></p>
sculpture bronze
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Needless Alarms
object: 508 × 225 × 159 mm
Presented by Lady Aberconway 1940
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<p>This is the third and final sculpture which Frederic Leighton produced, the others being the more heroic male nudes <i>An Athlete Wrestling with a Python </i>1877 and <i>The Sluggard </i>1885. The subject here is a child frightened by a toad, but Leighton is mainly interested in capturing the gentle contours of the figure. When <i>Needless Alarms </i>was shown at the Royal Academy it was much admired, especially by the painter John Everett Millais, who acquired a cast of it.</p>
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions animals: fish and aquatic life anxiety arm / arms raised children emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas female girl looking down looking / watching nudes people standing toad