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The Cloister: 2392

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Cloister
A woman seated to left in a deck chair on a terrace in a garden

Maker(s)

Painter: Fry, Roger Eliot

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Measurements and weight

Depth: 3.7 cm
Height: 33 cm
Width: 40.9 cm
Width: 52 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1924

Note

The building of which the cloister forms part has not been identified, but because of the date of the picture, 1924, there is a probability that it was in France.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of millboard
Frame Height 44.2 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on millboard

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Roger Fry
  • Location: Lower left
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 24
  • Location: Lower left
  • Type: Date

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2392
Primary reference Number: 3223
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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