The Sonnet
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| Artist | William Mulready |
| Year | 1839 |
| Type | Oil on panel, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 36 cm × 31 cm (14 in × 12 in) |
| Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
The Sonnet is an 1839 genre painting by the Irish artist William Mulready. It depicts a scene in rural England featuring a courting couple. The young man sits self-consciously while his companion reacts with naive delight as she reads the romantic sonnet he has written in her honour.[1]
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1839 at the National Gallery in London. Today it is part of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, having been given as part of Sheepshanks Gift by the art collector John Sheepshanks in 1857.[2][3]
