Artwork
Ordered on foreign Service
Ordered on foreign Service is an unspecified painting by the Realist artist Robert Collinson. It dates from 1863 and is held in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum.
About this work
Overview
Ordered on Foreign Service is a 1863 painting by Robert Collinson, held at the Ashmolean Museum.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows a woman in a blue dress and black coat bidding farewell to a man in a red uniform, likely a soldier, in a dimly lit room with wood paneling. The woman's concerned expression contributes to the somber and melancholic mood.
Technique & Style
The work is characterized by detailed and expressive depiction, capturing the emotional weight of the scene through the figures' poses and expressions.
Artist & collection
Artist
Robert Collinson painted quiet scenes of everyday life and places in the 1800s. Try his *Stray Rabbits* (1857), where a few rabbits wander a simple yard, or *Buildings in the Grounds of the South Kensington Museum in…
A Young Officer Saying Farewell to His Family
General Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Sultan Tippoo Sahib after having Captured Seringapatam, on the 4th May, 1799
Palpitation
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Farewell to France
Anne Page Inviting Slender to Dinner
Gil Blas and the Archbishop of Granada (from Lesage's 'The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane')
Waiting for an Answer
Scene from 'The Taming of the Shrew' by William Shakespeare
Portrait of Two Women (possibly Adela Geddes (1791-1881), the Artist's Wife, and a Friend)
Scene from Molière's 'Le Malade Imaginaire'
Queen Margaret's Defiance of the Scottish Parliament
The Order of Release