© Reading Museum
This picture is probably inspired by William Cowper's poem 'Retirement', written in 1781.
Provenance
Mrs Betty Knight.
Art we’ve helped buy at Reading Museum
Torc (neckring)
Acquired 2003
Tivoli
Acquired 1991
Thirty-eight watercolours and drawings of Reading
Acquired 1992
The Wokingham Hoard
Acquired 2000
The Moulsford Torc
Acquired 1961
The Haunted Man & charcoal sketches
Acquired 1949
Stones and Bones
Acquired 2005
Sportsmen Regaling
Acquired 1936
Snowdonia, North Wales
Acquired 1992
Silchester collection of Roman antiquities
Acquired 1978
Side Canal, Venice
Acquired 1955
Romanesque capital
Acquired 1971
Ricketts Collection
Acquired 1932
Richard Warde's Ring
Acquired 1970
Retirement
Acquired 1990
Red, Black and White Construction
Acquired 2013
Red Bouquet and Striped Jug
Acquired 2003
Rebecca
Acquired 1987
Pair of Chinese famille verte Bowls
Acquired 1955
North Front of the Abbey Gate, Reading
Acquired 1985
Miguel D Ceventies
Acquired 2009
Landscape
Acquired 1936
In Windsor Park
Acquired 1946
Fire and Food & Fire and Faith
Acquired 1995
Figure of an Eagle
Acquired 1980
Earthenware barber's bowl
Acquired 1992
Du Maurier Bequest
Acquired 1934
Continental Street Scene
Acquired 1955
Collection of photographic prints
Acquired 2005
Clear Glass Sculpture with Shells and Textured Gold Disc
Acquired 2008
Caversham Bridge, near Reading
Acquired 1973