Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward
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"Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward" is a famous 1874 social-realist painting by Samuel Luke Fildes depicting impoverished people waiting outside a workhouse, highlighting Victorian-era poverty and hardship.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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social realist painting ⓘ |
| artist | Samuel Luke Fildes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fildes’s earlier illustration for The Graphic ⓘ |
| collection | Royal Holloway Picture Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Samuel Luke Fildes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Victorian-era poverty
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gaslight or street lighting ⓘ homelessness ⓘ impoverished people ⓘ official or porter at the gate ⓘ people seeking shelter for the night ⓘ people waiting outside a workhouse ⓘ queue of destitute men and women ⓘ social hardship ⓘ urban night scene ⓘ workhouse gate ⓘ |
| depictsPlace |
London
NERFINISHED
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workhouse casual ward entrance ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| describedAs | famous 19th-century social-realist painting ⓘ |
| genre | social realism ⓘ |
| hasEffect | raised public awareness of urban poverty ⓘ |
| hasPart |
elderly applicants
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figures in ragged clothing ⓘ seated mother with child ⓘ young male applicants ⓘ |
| inception | 1874 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| location | Royal Holloway, University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
poverty
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social inequality ⓘ workhouse system ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | social realism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Samuel Luke Fildes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Victorian social realist art ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1874 ⓘ |
| setting | exterior of a workhouse ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | poor and destitute—England—19th century ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
compassion for the poor
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critique of Poor Law system ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| timeOfDayDepicted | night ⓘ |
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