Sir William Nicholson: 1641

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by Courtauld, Miss Sydney Renee

Dating

Production date: CE 1909

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

• Painting
• Nicholson, William
• Painting
• Cane
• Fashion
• Curtain
• Chair
• Interiors

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support: composed of canvas Frame: Depth 13 cm Height 219 cm Weight 34 kg Width 171.5 cm
Canvas: Height 190.2 cm Width 143.8 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

• Text: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA, (blank but for endorsement "24-17" under "Case No.", and printed number 69 stuck on )
• Location: Verso, stretcher
• Method of creation: Printed
• Label

• Text: Royal Commission for the Rome Exhibition, Dicksee & Co. agents.
• Location: Verso, stretcher
• Method of creation: Printed
• Label

• Text: Chenil, Chelsea
• Location: Verso, stretcher
• Stencil

• Text: LONDON 37
• Location: Verso stretcher
• Method of creation: Printed
• Label

• Text: GOUPEL GALLERY
• Location: Verso, stretcher
• Method of creation: White chalk

• Text: 42
• Location: Verso, stretcher
• Method of creation: MS
• Label

References and bibliographic entries

• Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 117
• Augustus John
• William Nicholson page(s): 115
• The Fitzwilliam Museum, An Illustrated Survey
• Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 136
• William Nicolson
• Edwardian Portraits. Images of an Age of Opulence page(s): 198
• William Nicholson, Painter page(s): 95

Related exhibitions

• 41st exhibition of modern pictures
• Fourteenth international exhibition of paintings
• (International Fine Arts Exhibition, 1911)
• Annual Exhibition of The National Portrait Society
• Augustus John (1975)
• Gwen John and Augustus John

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1641
Primary reference Number: 3463
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 May 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 16 June 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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