Cinderella About to Try on the Glass Slipper is an 1842 oil painting by British artist Richard Redgrave.Roe p.250Herrmann p.293 Inspired by the folk tale Cinderella, it depicts the moment the heroine is about to try on the glass slipper, to the disbelief of her mean stepsisters.Victoria and Albert Museum
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1842 held at the National Gallery in London. It was owned by the art collector John Sheepshanks, who donated it to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington as part of the Sheepshanks Gift in 1857.Art UK
References
Bibliography Herrmann, Luke. Nineteenth Century British Painting. Charles de la Mare, 2000. Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008.