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Beside a Woodland Pond, Summer

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Type
Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date
1854
Accession number
2007.2
Maker
Richard Redgrave(Opens in new tab) (British, 1804–1888)
Dimensions
canvas: 26 × 36 in. (66 × 91.4 cm.) frame: 33 × 42 1/2 × 3 in. (83.8 × 108 × 7.6 cm.)
Medium
oil on canvas
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Frances Crandall Dyke Bequest
Department
European Art
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This painting by Richard Redgrave depicts a poacher with a shotgun waiting in the shadows beside a duck pond. A group of women and children walk on a sunlit path in the distance. An unusual subject, its meaning was probably deliberately ambiguous. Known for his design work as well as his paintings, Redgrave also produced the “Well-Spring” Jug and Tumblers on display in this room.

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