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At the Breakfast Table

Date

1894

Creator

Walter Osborne
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The painting documents a quiet moment in the intimacy of the artist’s family home after he returned there to care for his aging parents and his orphaned niece, who are the subjects of this portrait. In the foreground is a George II mahogany side chair pushed against the table covered in a crisp, white cloth and set with a rustic pitcher of flowers, a plate of bread, a simple bowl, and a squat, silver teapot gleaming in the background. Dark, heavy curtains part to let the morning light filter through lacy sheers. The scene is devoid of any of the Victorian frivolity popular at the time and instead taps into the stoicism of a solidly Protestant, middle-class household.

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Creator
Walter Osborne (Irish, 1859 - 1903)
Date
1894
Classification
Paintings
Related Location
Europe, Ireland
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Donald and Marilyn Keough Foundation Fund
Copyright Status
Public domain
Subject
eating
families
food
genre
infants
portraits

Metadata

Accession Number
2019.029
Campus Location
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
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