The quarrel: Old cross
(c. 1870)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
98.5 × 130.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1909
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
A man and woman are seated here on the steps of a village cross after a quarrel. He tunes his violin, while she watches a rook perched on the back of a sheep. The scene represents Bicknoller churchyard in Somerset with the Quantock hills in the distance. Pinwell’s biographer G. C. Williamson noted in 1900 that the couple in this painting was ‘painted from actual persons and with all the Pre-Raphaelite truth that Pinwell possessed’.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: GJPINWELL
Accession Number
468-2
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)
Daily Life Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
conflict (general sense) couples crosses (visual works) discord domestic sheep (species) scenes (depictions) villages violins
Frame
Classical Revival in style, there are a number of Academy frames with this form and detail in the collection. For example J. C. Waite Coaxing Ways .
This work was shown at the Royal Academy in 1901.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century
Date
c.1870
Materials
timber, composition, gold leaf
Frame Condition
good original condition
Dimensions
134 x 165.5 x 11.5 cm