Answering the Emigrant’s Letter
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Answering the Emigrant’s Letter is a Victorian-era genre painting by British artist James Collinson, depicting an intimate domestic scene centered on reading a letter from a family member abroad.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian-era artwork
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artist | James Collinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | British genre painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British emigration in the 19th century
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Victorian social history ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | James Collinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | British ⓘ |
| depictionStyle | realism ⓘ |
| depicts |
domestic life
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emigration ⓘ emotional response to news from overseas ⓘ family reading a letter ⓘ intimate interior scene ⓘ letter from a family member abroad ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic interior painting
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narrative painting ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
domestic furnishings
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family gathering ⓘ letter writing ⓘ seated figures ⓘ table with papers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
communication across distance
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domestic affection ⓘ family separation ⓘ migration ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Answering the Emigrant’s Letter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | oil painting ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
emigrant’s letter
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family correspondence ⓘ |
| movement | Victorian art ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | moment of reading and answering a letter ⓘ |
| portrays |
Victorian domestic interior
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reading a letter aloud ⓘ |
| setting | domestic interior ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
emotional intimacy
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news from abroad ⓘ private family life ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 19th century ⓘ |
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