| An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago | |
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| Artist | William Powell Frith |
| Year | 1847 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 113 cm× 185.5 cm(44 in× 73.0 in) |
| Location | Private Collection |
An English Merrymaking a Hundred Years Ago is an 1847 genre painting by the British artist William Powell Frith. [1] [2] During the early stages of his career Frith was a member of The Clique artistic group. He later became known for his panoramic crowd scenes The Derby Day and The Railway Station .
The work depicts a day of festivities in an English village in the mid-eighteenth century. It was one of several paintings that cemented Frith's growing reputation. [3] It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1847. An oil sketch for the painting is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. [4]