May 6
Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman
Artist: Charles Robert Leslie (American, 1794–1859)
Date: 1842
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman
The painting is inspired by a scene from the Georgian era novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne. Captain Shandy looking in the eye of the Widow Wadman, who tries to stir his affections by pretending she has something in her eye.
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