Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Emily Mary Osborn, 1828–1925, British
Title:: The Governess
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (34.9 x 29.2 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1987.2
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: toys | painting (visual work) | paintings | table | hairpiece | fireplace | velvet | window | headpiece | ribbon | pointing | dolls | teaching | educated | educator | art | teacher | tutor | boys | girls | children | mother | gesture | contrast | satire | wealth | dog (animal)
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: Below Stairs - The Servant (National Portrait Gallery, 2003-10-01 - 2004-02-14)
Below Stairs - The Servant (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 2004-02-27 - 2004-05-31)
Publications:: Susan P. Casteras, A Struggle for Fame: Victorian women artists and authors, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1994, pp. 20, 26, 27, 65, pl. 25, N6796 C27 1994 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1360