The Ball on Shipboard
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| Artist | James Tissot |
| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 129.5 cm × 84.1 cm (51.0 in × 33.1 in) |
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The Ball on Shipboard is an 1874 oil painting by the French artist James Tissot.[1][2] It shows a scene on the deck of a ship, festooned with flags during regatta held off the Isle of Wight. A ball is in progress featuring members of high society. Although Tissot drew on the idea of fashionable gatherings on the royal yacht, the lady by the rail in the straw hat is not Alexandra, Princess of Wales as was once believed.[3]
Tissot had settled in London following the Franco-Prussian War. The picture was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1874 held at Burlington House in Piccadilly, one of three works Tissot displayed. It was one time in the possession of Alfred Munnings. The painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been acquired via the Chantrey Bequest in 1937.[4]
References
- ↑ Wrightsman p. 409
- ↑ Robins & Thomson p. 33
- ↑ "The Ball on Shipboard". Tate. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ "The Ball on Shipboard". ART UK. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
Bibliography
- Marshall, Nancy Rose & Warner, Malcolm. James Tissot: Victorian Life, Modern Love. Yale University Press, 1999.
- Robins, Anna Gruetzner & Thomson, Richard. Degas, Sickert, and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris, 1870-1910. Tate Publishing, 2005.
- Wrightsman, Jayne. The Wrightsman Pictures. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.
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