Title:
Thomas Hardy
Maker:
John, Augustus Edwin; painter; British artist, 1878-1961
Category:
painting
Name:
painting
Date:
1923
School/Style:
British
Technique:
painting (image-making)
Material(s):
oil paint; medium
canvas; support
Technique
Description:
oil on canvas
Dimension(s):
height, 61.3, cm
width, 51.1, cm
Acquisition:
given; 1923; Riches, Thomas Henry
Provenance:
Bt. from the painter for the Fitzwilliam Museum shortley after it was painted
Inscription(s):
signature; upper right; John
date; upper right; 1923
label; verso; printed; Charles Chenil & Co. Ltd
Exhibition(s):
Augustus John (1975). 1975-05-30 - 1975-10-26
Venue: National Portrait Gallery, London?
Documentation:
, The Fitzwilliam Museum1929. The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929).London?: p. 110
reproduced
Goodison, J.W.. 1977. Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. 135-136
pl. 58
Hughes, David. 1966. The Seven Ages of England.p. 185
fig. 324
John, Augustus. 1952. Chiaroscuro.p. 134
he states that the portrait was painted at Max Gate, in Hardy's study - "The walls of Hardy's study, where I painted him, were piled to the ceiling with books..."
Bowen, Elizabeth. 1932. English Novelists.p. 41
reproduced (colour)
1986/7. The Great Writers: Thomas Hardy.London?: Marshall Cavendish Ltdp. 433
reproduced (colour)
Goodison, J.W.. 1967. [Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960].London:
Source Title: Illustrated London News II (1960)
p. 251
Accession:
Object Number: 1116
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 3458; input: 2000-03-30; modified: 2011-02-02)
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