William Quiller Orchardson
The First Cloud
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Framed size: 16 × 14 in
Solid wood frame
Exhibition canvas
Removable acrylic glass
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This is a framed canvas reproduction of The First Cloud by William Quiller Orchardson.
History & Materials
The story
At its Royal Academy exhibition, the painting appeared with two lines by Alfred Tennyson comparing distrust in love to a crack in a stringed instrument: “It is the little rift within the lute / That by-and-by will make the music mute.”
The original
Oil on canvas.
134.8 × 193.7 cm.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
The reproduction
Printed with archival pigment inks on Epson Exhibition Canvas Matte.
Solid wood frame.
Removable acrylic glass.
Print size: approx. 11 × 9 in.
Framed size: 16 × 14 in.