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Self-portrait: 2506

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Self-portrait

Maker(s)

Painter: Spencer, Stanley

Entities

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Notes

History note: With Leicester Galleries, London, 1942 (16); bt. for the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

Production date: AD 1939

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas
Canvas Height 39.7 cm Width 55.2 cm
Frame Height 54.2 cm Width 69.5 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Leicester Galleries
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Spencer exbn. Leicester Galls., Nov. 1942 (16), "Self-portrait (1939)" / Purchaser Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label
  • Text: No. C2852, Stanley Spencer Self-portrait AN(?or H)/-
  • Location: Verso
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Reserved by Bryson
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 2852 Self-portrait (1939)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Typed
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 2506
Primary reference Number: 3910

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Self-portrait" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/3910 Accessed: 2024-04-20 06:28:25

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