Blind Man's Buff
Date18th/19th Century
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions35 1/2 × 27 1/2 inches (90.17 × 69.85 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth K. McMillan in memory of her sisters, Mary Isabella McMillan and Annie McMillan
Object number036.102
DescriptionOutdoor scene with view of eight children playing. A blindfolded young girl, with arms outstretched, stands near a large tree while a boy ducks below her arms and reaches for her foot in the center of the foreground. Another girl holds up a dog. At left stand two girls, one trying to poke the blindfolded girl with a stick. In the middleground three children stand near a fence at center and right. More trees and a cloudy sky in the background.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 8
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Lieutenant Colonel F. H. White, 1908 (possibly);
Barnet Lewis, 1930 (Christie, Manson and Woods sale, Feb
28, 1930, no 110)
17th Century
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641