File:Uncle Toby and Widow Wadman by Charles Robert Leslie CCWSH1157.jpg
Summary
This painting shows two of the characters in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Sterne" class="extiw" title="w:Laurence Sterne">Sterne's</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman" class="extiw" title="w:The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman">'Tristram Shandy'</a>, Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman. Inscribed on the stretcher is the note: 'This was a sketch only but C. R. Leslie finished it for me in May 1848'. It is believed that the model for Uncle Toby was the actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bannister_(actor)" class="extiw" title="w:John Bannister (actor)">Jack Bannister (1760–1836)</a> a great friend of Leslie’s.
This was Leslie’s most famous composition which he painted several times. For the Victorians the image became an instantly recognisable symbol of flirtatiousness. The situation represented is that of Widow Wadman inviting Uncle Toby to help her remove an object from her eye. Uncle Toby is mesmerised by the proximity of the Widow’s beauty which causes the old soldier to fall head-over-heels in love with her. The image was used as a design for Pratt Potlids in advertising. There are larger versions of this painting in both the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:Victoria and Albert Museum">V&A</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Britain" class="extiw" title="w:Tate Britain">Tate</a> but evidence on the stretcher suggests that this painting was made from the original drawing.Licensing
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| current | 08:57, 9 January 2017 | | 779 × 1,134 (365 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <div class="description"> <p>This painting shows two of the characters in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Sterne" class="extiw" title="w:Laurence Sterne">Sterne's</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman" class="extiw" title="w:The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman">'Tristram Shandy'</a>, Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman. Inscribed on the stretcher is the note: 'This was a sketch only but C. R. Leslie finished it for me in May 1848'. It is believed that the model for Uncle Toby was the actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bannister_(actor)" class="extiw" title="w:John Bannister (actor)">Jack Bannister (1760–1836)</a> a great friend of Leslie’s. </p> This was Leslie’s most famous composition which he painted several times. For the Victorians the image became an instantly recognisable symbol of flirtatiousness. The situation represented is that of Widow Wadman inviting Uncle Toby to help her remove an object from her eye. Uncle Toby is mesmerised by the proximity of the Widow’s beauty which causes the old soldier to fall head-over-heels in love with her. The image was used as a design for Pratt Potlids in advertising. There are larger versions of this painting in both the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:Victoria and Albert Museum">V&A</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Britain" class="extiw" title="w:Tate Britain">Tate</a> but evidence on the stretcher suggests that this painting was made from the original drawing.</div> |
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