Copyright: 79.1.23 Last Kiss Etching by Frederick Morgan
Name/Title
Last Kiss by Frederick Morgan Etching, c. 1890
Entry/Object ID
AM1979.1.23
Scope and Content
Last Kiss by Frederick Morgan Etching, c. 1890 Most probably an etching by Morgan. Woman in gown with puff sleeves with bird in her hand that she is leaning down to kiss. She is pictured against a garden wall, with climbing roses. black/white tones.
Attributed to Frederick Morgan
(See 77.1.155 for another Frederick Morgan etching).
Frederick Morgan (born 17 May 1847 London, England; died 1927) English painter. Frederick Morgan was a genre painter who painted idyllic and romanticized narratives that greatly appealed to Victorian tastes. His father John Morgan was a painter himself; at fourteen years old Morgan left school and went to train with his father in his studio. He trained at the Edinburgh Academy as well.
Paintings mostly consisting of children and families imbued with conservative Victorian social conventions, Morgan’s work was reproduced into prints and became popular particularly among the British middle class.
