Measuring Heights

Measuring Heights is an 1842 genre painting by the British artist William Powell Frith. ^{[1] [2]} It depicts a scene from the 1766 novel The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. Mrs Primrose compares the respective heights of her daughter Olivia and Squire Thornhill.^[3] Depictions of popular scenes from literature enjoyed great success during the early Victorian era. A few years later William Mulready had a major hit with Choosing the Wedding Gown, inspired by the same novel.^[4]

Measuring Heights
Artist	William Powell Frith
Year	1842
Type	Oil on panel, genre painting
Dimensions	22.8 cm × 30.5 cm (9.0 in × 12.0 in)
Location	Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The picture was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1842 held at the National Gallery. ^[5] The painting is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, having been acquired in 1882.^[6]