Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905)
Hetty Sorrel and Captain Donnithorne in Mrs Poyser's dairy dated 1861
Watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic or varnish | 76.0 x 56.0 cm (sight) | RCIN 451113
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This scene from George Eliot’s Adam Bede is a pair to Dinah Morris Preaching. It depicts the young heir to Donnithorne Chase admiring the flirtatious Hetty Sorrel who works in her aunt’s dairy. As a pair, the works contrast the behaviour of the virtuous and modest Dinah with the extrovertly self-aware Hetty.
This work (and its pair, RCIN 451114) are shown hanging in the Princess of Wales's Dressing Room at Osborne House in a photograph of 1873 by Jabez Hughes (RCIN 2103663).
Signed and dated: EDWARD H. CORBOULD 1861.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1860. Corbould was paid 250gns for this picture on 10 January 1863
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic or varnish
Measurements
76.0 x 56.0 cm (sight)
100.0 x 80.0 cm (frame) (frame, external)
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Other number(s)
RL 21546Alternative title(s)
Hetty Sorrel and Squire Donnithorne in Mrs Poyser's dairy
