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Study for Many Happy Returns of the Day
William Powell Frith, 1854
William Powell Frith, Study for Many Happy Returns of the Day, 1854, York Art Gallery, Art Funded 1992
© Photo Courtesy of Christopher Wood Gallery
The little girl whose birthday is being celebrated is his daughter Alice, whose name appears on the birthday cake in the sketch.
Although he trained and spent his working life in London, Frith was a Yorkshire artist; he was born near Ripon in 1819 and in 1826 his father became landlord of the Dragon Inn, Harrogate.
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Title of artwork, date
Study for Many Happy Returns of the Day, 1854
Date supported
1992
Medium and material
Oil on millboard
Dimensions
30 x 40 cm
Grant
10,900
Total cost
27,000
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