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Victoria and Albert Museum
Devotion

Devotion, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, 1821

Margaret Sarah Carpenter, portrait

Margaret Sarah CarpenterEnglish, 1793–1872

Devotion

1821 · Oil painting · 76.2 × 63.5 cm

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Not receiving at present

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 7 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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About the painting

The figure in this painting has traditionally been called St Francis. It appears to have been drawn from a model, who was identified in the Art Journal, orbituary as the miniature painter Anthony Stewart (1773-1846). It may be compared with the 1812 portrait of him by Andrew Gedddes, now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and also with his miniature self portait in the V&A, Museum Number: P.2-1967.

Margaret Sarah Carpenter was a very popular portrait painter. Her husband's obituarist (William Hookham Carpenter) wrote that she 'would certainly have been a Royal Academician but for her sex' (Gentleman's Magazine September 1866, p410).

Victoria and Albert Museum

Particulars

1821 · aged 28

17931872

Accession number: FA.17[O]

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Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Hampstead, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, n.d.

Hampstead

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Study from Nature, Margaret Carpenter, ca. mid 19th century

Study from Nature

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Johannah, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, 1793-1872

Johannah

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Ockham Church, Surrey, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, ca. mid 19th century

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An Old Woman Spinning Silk, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, ca. 1816

An Old Woman Spinning Silk

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A young girl, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, 1818

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Portrait of a young child, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, ca. 1830

Portrait of a young child

ca. 1830 · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Sisters, Margaret Sarah Carpenter, December 1839

The Sisters

December 1839 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

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Devotion — Margaret Sarah Carpenter · ART WIKI