An Irresistible Appeal

Image credit: Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service

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John Bagnold Burgess was born in Chelsea and became a student in the Royal Academy in 1849. A visit to Spain with fellow artist Edwin Long was the first of many trips that influenced Burgess’ adoption of Spanish subjects. He also travelled to North Africa. In this courtship painting, the finely dressed young woman looks admiringly at her suitor whilst her chaperone watches from the doorway.

Touchstones Rochdale

Rochdale

Title

An Irresistible Appeal

Date

1877

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 81.4 x W 102 cm

Accession number

204

Acquisition method

gift from Robert Taylor Heape, 1911

Work type

Painting

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