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A dramatically lit domestic scene, depicting a young invalid boy sitting up on a sofa, watched over by his father, two sisters, his mother and the family cat to the right. His mother is drinking from a cup of tea to the left. There is a breakfast table in the foreground to the left on which sit cups and saucers, a teapot, a jug and a vase of flowers.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

The Little Invalid

Date

1912

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 76.5 x W 63.7 cm

Accession number

1925.288

Acquisition method

gift from Charles Rutherston, 1925

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : brc : artist's initials, date : H.T. / 1912.

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Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3JL England

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Artist or maker

Henry Tonks

1862–1937

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