The Lion of St Mark: PD.17-1959

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Titles

The Lion of St Mark

Maker(s)

Painter: Sickert, Walter Richard

Entities

Painting

Categories

Painting

Notes

History note: André Gide (1869-1951); bought from his family by the Leicester Galleries, London; bt. G.J.F. Knowles

Measurements and weight

Width: 89.8 cm
109.8

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1959) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton

Dating

Circa 1895 - 1896

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Materials used in production

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas
Canvas Height 90.2 cm
Frame

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

Text: Sickert
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

Text: indecipherable, apparently not a sale mark
Location: Verso, stretcher
Method of creation: White chalk

Text: Leicester Galleries, London, New Year exhibition, 18=952 (57), with Knowles as purchaser
Location: Verso
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Sickert
[Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960] page(s): 224
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 228-229
W.R. Sickert page(s): 13
Walter Sickert: A Life

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.17-1959
Primary reference Number: 3871
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 23 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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