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Blue and Gold (1918): 2485

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Blue and Gold (1918)

Maker(s)

Painter: Board, Ernest

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 35.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Rotch, Claude Dickason

Dating

Production date: AD 1918

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas board

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas board

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BOARD
  • Location: Top right
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: subject Blue & Gold, a two-hour evening sketch Ernest Board Bristol Savages, 27 March 1918
  • Location: Verso, on canvas board
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Liut E.D. Rotch ASC Avonmouth
  • Location: Verso, on canvas board
  • Method of creation: Graphite

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2485
Primary reference Number: 777
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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