Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/charles-shannon-1931" aria-label="More by Charles Shannon" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Charles Shannon</a>
Lady with Amethyst
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1916
adults
clothing and personal items
collar
individuals: female
jewellery
Moore, Hilda
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
woman
painting oil paint canvas
7 April 2014 – 12 October 2014
2014-10-12
7 April 2014 – 12 October 2014
2014-10-12
2014-04-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-04-07
Forgotten Faces
Collection based display
The Lady with the Amethyst
support: 610 × 597 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1916
<p><b>N03152</b> THE LADY WITH THE AMETHYST 1915</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Charles Shannon - 1915-’ c.r.
<br/>Canvas, 24×23 1/2 (61×60).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1916.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1916 (524), as ‘The Lady with the Amethyst (Miss Hilda Moore)’.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1916, p.84; <i>Studio</i>, LXVIII, 1916, p.51.</p>
<p>The sitter is Miss Hilda Moore, who also appears in another <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a>, ‘Miss Hilda Moore: Lady in Black’ of 1918, wearing a similar costume but in a different pose. A <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> entitled ‘The Amethyst Necklace’ was lent by Pickford Waller to the International Society, spring 1913 (94).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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adults clothing and personal items collar individuals: female jewellery Moore, Hilda named individuals objects people portraits woman