Oil paint on canvas
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Henry Tate Collection
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/thomas-faed-174" aria-label="More by Thomas Faed" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Thomas Faed</a>
Faults on Both Sides
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
cane / walking stick
clothing and personal items
contemplation
couple
curtain
dog - non-specific
domestic
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
features
furnishings
hat, bonnet
interior - non-specific
interiors
man
mantelpiece
objects
people
sex and relationships
sitting
society
woman
<p>In this painting a couple sit in silence next to their marital bed, unable to communicate after a row. The man bites the handle of his walking stick in frustration. The woman gazes stonily ahead and twists a handkerchief to control her anger.Thomas Faed was a Scottish artist who specialised in genre scenes based on Highland subjects. The man here is thought to be a self-portrait.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2007</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 August 2005 – 2 March 2008
2008-03-02
1 August 2007
2007-08-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-08-01
Victorian Paintings of Modern Life
Collection based display
Faults on Both Sides
support: 673 × 552 mm
frame: 1023 × 892 × 116 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1894
<p>In this painting a couple sit in silence next to their marital bed, unable to communicate after a row. The man bites the handle of his walking stick in frustration. The woman gazes stonily ahead and twists a handkerchief to control her anger.Thomas Faed was a Scottish artist who specialised in genre scenes based on Highland subjects. The man here is thought to be a self-portrait.</p>

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actions: postures and motions adults animals: mammals architecture cane / walking stick clothing and personal items contemplation couple curtain dog - non-specific domestic emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas features furnishings hat, bonnet interior - non-specific interiors man mantelpiece objects people sex and relationships sitting society woman