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| The Lesson William Mulready, 1859 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
The quotation which was exhibited with this painting by William Mulready (RA, 1786-1862) comes from Alexander Pope's Moral Essays, which was published in the period 1731-1735:
'Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
With this work, Mulready emphasizes the nurturing role of a mother in a composition that owes a lot to the traditional theme of the Madonna and Child. It was painted in 1859.
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