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The Lovers

William Powell Frith · 1855

Palette

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Artist

William Powell Frith

Date

1855

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on board

Size

38 × 31 cm (14 11/16 × 12 in.); Framed: 60.1 × 54 × 5.8 cm (23 5/8 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

Place

England

Period

19th century

Themes

Landscapes · Flowers

Main colour

Brown · lightness 35, colourfulness 28

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Irving Lauf and Irene McNear, Mrs. P. Kelley Armour through The Old Masters Society, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson; through prior acquisition of Mrs. Dellora A. Norris. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules