
1831
Greater London, United Kingdom
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Description
painting by Charles Robert Leslie (1794–1859), Victoria and Albert Museum
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
82.5 × 57.1 cm
💡 Did you know
It is inspired by a scene from the Georgian era novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne. Captain Shandy looking in the eye of the Widow Wadman, who tries to stir his affections by pretending she has something in her eye.