George Bernard Shaw: 1071

People, subjects and objects depicted

• Painting
• George Bernard Shaw
• Fashion

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: John
• Location: Upper right
• Signature

• Text: Bicentenary exhibition 1968-1969 (?R.A.), lent Fitzwilliam Museum
• Location: Verso
• Method of creation: Printed
• Label

References and bibliographic entries

• Royal Academy Illustrated (1922) page(s): 7
• The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929) page(s): 111
• T.E. Lawrence by his Friends page(s): 335
• Augustus John
• A Century of British Painting, 1851-1951 page(s): 172
• Chiaroscuro page(s): 97
• Three great Irishmen page(s): 13
• Das Kunstwerk page(s): 26
• Private Shaw and Public Shaw page(s): xviii
• The Seven Ages of England page(s): 190
• [Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960] page(s): 309
• Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 134-135

Related exhibitions

• Summer Exhibition (1922)
• Royal Academy of Arts, Bicentenary Exhibition
• Augustus John (1975)

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1071
Primary reference Number: 3457
Stable URI

Audit data

Associated departments & institutions

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