A crowd of skaters are shown enjoying themselves on the frozen Serpentine Lake, in Hyde Park. In the foreground, near a low table with an array of skates, three men are shown being fitted up for skating. To their left is a lifeguard wearing an overcoat marked ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.
This is a copy of a painting of the same name produced in 1823 by John Chalon.
Category:
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Object ID:
A8076
Object name:
Skating on the Serpentine
Object type:
painting, oil painting
Artist/Maker:
Baber, J.
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Production date:
1839
Material:
oil, canvas
Measurements/duration:
H 453 mm, W 555 mm (unframed), H 505 mm, W 630 mm, D 30 mm (framed)