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The Brigantine: 2390

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Brigantine

Maker(s)

Painter: Frélaut, Jean

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: With the Independent Gallery, London (P.M. Turner)

Measurements and weight

Height: 50.2 cm
Width: 65.1 cm

Relative size of this object

65.1 cm50.2 cm What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1939) by Hindley Smith, Frank

Dating

Production date: AD 1919

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Jean Frelaut
  • Location: Lower left
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1919
  • Location: Lower left
  • Type: Date
  • Text: The Shep / 47 / Frélaut
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: MS label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: No 98 Frélaut / E.D.
  • Location: Verso
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Walter Carter, Harrods Ltd, Smith 178
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed label, endorsed
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2390
Primary reference Number: 2662
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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Box

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