Pamela greets her father

Pamela greets her father
 (1743-1744)

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

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
63.5 × 76.2 cm
Accession Number
1116-3
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
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
Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
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

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Susanna Highmore by Joseph Highmore: a father’s perspective
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A father paints his daughter | Susanna Highmore

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