London Visitors
Oil on canvas
Other title 1Toledo version
ArtistJames Tissot
Year1874
Height metric160
Width metric114
Height imperial63
Width imperial45
Metric unitcm
Imperial unitin
MuseumToledo Museum of Art
CityToledo, Ohio
London Visitors
Other title 1Milwaukee version
ArtistJames Tissot
Year1874
MediumOil on canvas
Height metric87
Width metric62.9
Height imperial34 1⁄4
Width imperial24 3⁄4
Metric unitcm
Imperial unitin
MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum
CityMilwaukee

London Visitors is an 1874 genre painting by the French artist James Tissot.[1]

Produced during his time in Britain, it depicts a number of visitors to the capital London shown at the portico entrance to the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square with St Martin-in-the-Fields in the background.[2] A couple are depicted discussing what to see next, she points with an umbrella while he consults a guidebook.[3] Also shown are two blue-coated boys from the charitable Christ’s Hospital School who sometimes acted as tour guides.

It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1874 at Burlington House. Today it is in the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio.[3] Another version of the painting is in the Milwaukee Art Museum.[4] It was part of the collection of British-American businessman Frederick Layton.[5]

References

  1. ^ Mitchell 2011, p. 530.
  2. ^ Marshall & Warner 1999, p. 72.
  3. ^ "London Visitors". Toledo Museum of Art. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  4. ^ "London Visitors". Milwaukee Art Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  5. ^ Eastberg, John C. & Vogel, Eric (2013). Layton's Legacy: A Historic American Art Collection, 1888–2013. Milwaukee, WI: Layton Art Collection, Inc. p. 110.

Bibliography

  • Angiuli, Emanuela & Spurrell, Katy. De Nittis e Tissot: pittori della vita moderna. Skira, 2006.
  • Marshall, Nancy Rose & Warner, Malcolm (1999). James Tissot: Victorian Life, Modern Love. Yale University Press.
  • Mitchell, Sally (ed.) (2011). Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Routledge.