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The Boat House: PD.3-1968

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Boat House

Maker(s)

Painter: Hitchens, Sydney Ivon

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Notes

History note: Bt. by the donor from the artist, through the Leicester Galleries, London, probably in December 1956

Measurements and weight

Height: 50.8 cm
Width: 84.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1968) by Bliss, J. Howard

Dating

Production date: AD 1956 : in the early morning

School or Style

British

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: I HItchens
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 'Boat house 1956' / by IVON HITCHENS / Greenleaves Lavington Common / Petworth Sussex (writen in the same hand as the similar label at the back of no. PD.2-1968)
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: MS
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 9
  • Location: Verso, canvas
  • Method of creation: White chalk

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.3-1968
Primary reference Number: 3361

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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