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'''''The Fair Toxophilites''''' is an 1872 ] by the British ] ] depicting three young women practicing ].<ref>Cohen p.33</ref> It also known by the title '''''English Archers, Nineteenth Century'''''.


The three women portrayed were Frith's daughters Alice, Fanny and Louise. It reflects the ] archery craze, referred to in the novel '']'' by ].<ref>Rogers p.400</ref> <ref>Wood p.157</ref> Frith exhibited it at the ]'s 1873 ] alongside another featuring women playing ]. The review in '']'', which was generally hostile to Frith's work, was critical. A more positive reception came from '']'' and '']''. <ref>Wood p. 157-59</ref> Today the painting is in the collection of the ] in ].<ref>https://rammcollections.org.uk/collections/13460e52-3422-39f6-84e3-799483e0bdf4/</ref> '''''The Fair Toxophilites''''' is an 1872 ] by the British ] ] depicting three young women practicing ].<ref>Cohen p.33</ref> It also known by the title ''English Archers, Nineteenth Century''. Today the painting is in the collection of the ], in ].<ref>https://rammcollections.org.uk/collections/13460e52-3422-39f6-84e3-799483e0bdf4/</ref>

The three women portrayed were Frith's daughters Alice, Fanny and Louise. It reflects the ] archery craze, referred to in the novel '']'' by ].<ref>Rogers p.400</ref> <ref>Wood p.157</ref> Frith exhibited it at the ]'s 1873 ] alongside another featuring women playing ]. The review in '']'', which was generally hostile to Frith's work, was critical. A more positive reception came from '']'' and '']''. <ref>Wood p. 157-59</ref>


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Painting by William Powell Frith
The Fair Toxophilites
ArtistWilliam Powell Frith
Year1872
TypeOil on canvas
Dimensions98.2 cm × 81.7 cm (38.7 in × 32.2 in)
LocationRoyal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter

The Fair Toxophilites is an 1872 oil painting by the British artist William Powell Frith depicting three young women practicing archery. It also known by the title English Archers, Nineteenth Century. Today the painting is in the collection of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, in Exeter.

The three women portrayed were Frith's daughters Alice, Fanny and Louise. It reflects the Victorian era archery craze, referred to in the novel Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. Frith exhibited it at the Royal Academy's 1873 Summer Exhibition alongside another featuring women playing billiards. The review in The Athenaeum, which was generally hostile to Frith's work, was critical. A more positive reception came from The Art Journal and The Times.

References

  1. Cohen p.33
  2. https://rammcollections.org.uk/collections/13460e52-3422-39f6-84e3-799483e0bdf4/
  3. Rogers p.400
  4. Wood p.157
  5. Wood p. 157-59

Bibliography

  • Cohen, Michael. Sisters: Relation and Rescue in Nineteenth-century British Novels and Paintings. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1995.
  • Green, Richard & Sellars, Jane. William Powell Frith: The People's Painter. Bloomsbury, 2019.
  • Rogers, Pat (ed.) The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • Trotter, David. William Powell Frith: Painting the Victorian Age. Yale University Press, 2006
  • Wood, Christopher. William Powell Frith: A Painter and His World. Sutton Publishing, 2006.
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