Asleep on the Watch

Image credit: Rotherham Heritage Services

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Peele was born in England, but grew up in the USA. He returned to England in the 1840s, and became a well-known painter, specialising in paintings of people (especially children). This painting shows a young girl sleeping while she is supposed to be looking after the child (probably her younger sister or brother) asleep in the cot.

Clifton Park Museum

Rotherham

Title

Asleep on the Watch

Date

1872

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 120 x W 98 cm

Accession number

ROTMG : OP.1977.29

Acquisition method

bequeathed by George Gummer, 1941

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

(signed and dated)

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