The Boating Pool: PD.11-1979

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Boating Pool

Maker(s)

Painter: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence

Entities

Painting

Categories

Painting

Notes

History note: Sotheby's, Belgravia, sale 20 March 1979 (lot 40), bought with PD.10-1979

Legal notes

From the Fairhaven Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 17.4 cm
Width: 25.7 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1979) by Sotheby's

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Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

References and bibliographic entries

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The Painter of the Victorian Vision of the Ancient World

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.11-1979
Primary reference Number: 3057
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

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

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            University of Cambridge}}

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