Anxiety
(c. 1899)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
60.5 × 76.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs James Ramsay, 1943
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Intimacy with death was common in Victorian society. In particular, infant mortality was high with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera and smallpox claiming the lives of young children across all classes. Here Ramsay gives expression to the psychological dimension of this reality by showing motherhood as a continual state of anxiety and concern.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in charcoal on reverse: H Ramsay
Accession Number
1200-4
Department
Australian Painting
Subjects (general)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
anxiety cradles (children's beds) gesture infants maternity mortality mothers
Colourmen
Colourman
WINSOR & NEWTON
Location of stamp
Centre reverse of canvas
Transcript
WINSOR & NEWTON'S/No 2 QUALITY....CANVAS,/RATHBONE PLACE, LONDON, W.
Medium
Ink stamp
More Information
National Portrait Gallery