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Study for Many Happy Returns of the Day

William Powell Frith, 1854

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.
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.

More information

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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