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Battledore

© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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Domestic scene of three Edwardian ladies playing an indoor game of battledore and shuttlecock. Two young ladies in pale dress play against each other, one in the bottom right corner, the other in the top left, a shuttlecock is in the air between them. A third lady, dressed in black, sits on a settee against the wall behind. There are floor length curtains in the background to the right and a small mirror in an ornate frame on the wall to the left.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Battledore

Date

1906

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 25.6 x W 35.3 cm

Accession number

1917.195

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Mr James Thomas Blair, 1917

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : blc : artist's name, date : L. Campbell Taylor - 1906 / op.34

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