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\u2018The Parish Beadle\u2019 is a full-scale sketch for the painting of the same name in the Tate Gallery, London (inv. no. N00241)<\/a>, painted by Sir David Wilkie between 1820 and 1823.<\/p>\n

The beadle was a local church official who performed various civic, educational or ceremonial tasks.<\/p>\n

It is a comic scene depicting the excessive zeal of the official arresting a group of itinerant artists. It is clear from the peculiar shape of the adults’ hats that they are Savoyard travellers; with their flamboyant clothes, instruments and animals, they subtly undermine the pompous authority of the robust butler.<\/p>\n

Wilkie was not the only one to make fun of this figure; Dickens also repeatedly mocked the deacon in his early works, going so far as to create the character of Mr Bumble in Oliver Twist (1838), probably his best-known satirical portrayal of the local official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Parish Beadle<\/em>.\u201d Oil on canvas by David Wilkie (Cults, 1785 – Gibraltar, 1841) Scottish painter, best known for his genre scenes.<\/p>\n

Provenance:
\n2022 Christie’s UK auction
\nOld master paintings and sculptures
\nEstimate: \u20ac29,581 – \u20ac41,413 (\u00a325,000 – \u00a335,000)
\n2023 Italian private collector<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":123118,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[6373,6407],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-123128","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-antique-art","7":"product_cat-old-master-painting-en","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDavid Wilkie painting - Egidi MadeinItaly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Parish Beadle Oil on canvas by David Wilkie (1785 - 1841) Scottish painter, best known for his genre scenes for sale on Egidi MadeinItaly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/product\/antique-art\/old-master-painting-en\/david-wilkie-painting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Wilkie painting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""The Parish Beadle.\u201d Oil on canvas by David Wilkie (Cults, 1785 - Gibraltar, 1841) Scottish painter, best known for his genre scenes. 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