London Visitors
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| London Visitors | |
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| Toledo version | |
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| Artist | James Tissot |
| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 160 cm × 114 cm (63 in × 45 in) |
| Location | Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio |
| London Visitors | |
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| Milwaukee version | |
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| Artist | James Tissot |
| Year | 1874 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 87 cm × 62.9 cm (34+1⁄4 in × 24+3⁄4 in) |
| Location | Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee |
London Visitors is an 1874 genre painting by the French artist James Tissot.[1]
Produced during his time in Britain, it depicts a number of visitors to the capital London shown at the portico entrance to the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square with St Martin-in-the-Fields in the background.[2] A couple are depicted discussing what to see next, she points with an umbrella while he consults a guidebook.[3] Also shown are two blue-coated boys from the charitable Christ’s Hospital School who sometimes acted as tour guides.
It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1874 at Burlington House. Today it is in the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio.[3] Another version of the painting is in the Milwaukee Art Museum.[4] It was part of the collection of British-American businessman Frederick Layton.[5]
