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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 view
Locations
  • 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)