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Pamela greets her father
(1743-1744)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
63.5 × 76.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Later in the novel, Squire B., who has become determined to marry Pamela, summons her father, Goodman Andrews, to witness his honourable intentions: ‘My master bid Mrs Jewkes [the housekeeper] not to let me know yet that my father was come … So down I came … I knew the voice … I gave a spring, and overturned the table without regard to the company, and threw myself at his feet.’
Artwork Details
Accession Number
1116-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
dresses (garments) fathers literary characters maids (servants) men (male humans) social classes virtue wigs
Movements
Rococo
Frame
Original, surface not original
Frame
Joseph Highmore painted twelve scenes from Samuel Richards novel Pamela (1740-41) of which four are in the collection of the NGV.
The paintings date to 1743-44. The four paintings are housed in nearly identical frames.
The frame on Pamela fainting is slightly at variance with the other three, either through restoration or being a later reproduction to fit the group.
The painting was cleaned in 2002.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Unknown - 18th century