Titles

Variations on a title have been suggested:

• ' "an arrangement in Rats" - the ark resting on Mount Ararat' (1879, A. S. Cole). 1
• 'the Ararat' (1880, Whistler). 2
• 'Mount Ararat' (1980, YMSM). 3

'Mount Ararat' is the preferred title.

Description

It was described by the Pennells as the second of three satirical pictures of Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892), showing 'a Noah's ark stranded on a hill, with little figures approaching it, or perched on the roof, all in the obnoxious frills.' 4

Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) stated that The Loves of the Lobsters [YMSM 209] and Mount Ararat [YMSM 210] were smaller than The Gold Scab [YMSM 208]. 5 The Gold Scab measures 186.7 x 139.7 cm (73 1/2 x 55").

Sitter

The subject is Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892).