| The Post Office | |
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| Artist | Edward Villiers Rippingille |
| Year | 1819 |
| Type | Oil on panel, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 48.7 cm× 68.8 cm(19.2 in× 27.1 in) |
| Location | Lotherton Hall, West Yorkshire |
The Post Office is an 1819 genre painting by the British artist Edward Villiers Rippingille. It depicts a crowd gathered outside a post office in England. [1] [2] The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1819 at Somerset House in London, where it enjoyed great success. [3]
Rippingille, a member of the Bristol School, green famous for his scenes of everyday life such as his 1822 work The Recruiting Party . Today the painting is in the collection of Lotherton Hall in West Yorkshire, part of the Leeds Museums & Galleries. It was acquired through a gift in 1955. [4]