Sir Herbert Thompson, Bart (1877): 1013

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sir Herbert Thompson, Bart (1877)

Maker(s)

Painter: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence

Entities

Painting

Categories

Painting

Description

A sketch painted directly onto the wood in the form of a vignette.

Measurements and weight

Height: 28.3 cm
Width: 22.6 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1920) by Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert, Sir, Bart

Dating

Production date: AD 1877

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People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on panel

Inscription or legends present

Text: L Alma Tadema
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

Text: A sketch of Herbert, made on board the Gipsey, on the cabin door, by Alma Tadema, when he staid with us for a sketching visit in the year 1877. Henry Thompson. (annotated in the same hand) Signed by the artist (and) it was exhibited at the Grosvenor in 1882-3 with Tadema's works
Location: Verso
Method of creation: MS label
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 3-4

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 1013
Primary reference Number: 720
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 24 November 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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