A label on the back of their picture refers to the impossibility of ridding the world of foolishness.

The elderly ma has forgotten the dignified behaviour appropriate to his age and respectable standards (suggested by his sober, black clothing).

Instead, he s dancing with abandon to the music. Although painted in the early nineteenth century, this picture is set around seventy years earlier, the subject and style of the picture were influenced by Dutch seventeenth century paintings of ordinary life. Thomas Good was a Berwick-upon-Tweed artist.

Provenance: bequeathed by William Wilson, 1955

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Thomas Sword Good (1789-1872)
Date: 1823

Image Details
Date: 2 Masy 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/28s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.