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Pelican Ponds
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1940
animals: birds
architecture
England
garden structures
park
pelican
places
pool
St James’s Park
UK countries and regions
UK London
water: inland
painting tempera canvas
Pelican Ponds
frame: 970 × 1220 × 75 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> 1940
<p><b>N05333</b> PELICAN PONDS <i>c.</i> 1930
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<br/>Inscr. ‘P. Connard’ b.r.
<br/>Tempera on canvas, 30×39 3/4 (76×101).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1940.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1930 (37), as ‘Pelican Ponds’; <i>United Artists</i>, R.A., January–March 1940 (194), as ‘Pelicans’; R.A., 1940 (312), as ‘Pelicans’.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1930, p.105; <i>Studio</i>, XCIX, 1930, p.392; <i>Connoisseur</i>, LXXXV, 1930, p.395.</p>
<p>In 1930 Connard designed a poster for London Transport of ‘Pelicans drinking in St James's Park’. The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> is somewhat different but the <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> was probably done at about the same time.</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, I</p>
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2004-10-07T00:00:00
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animals: birds architecture England garden structures park pelican places pool St James’s Park UK countries and regions UK London water: inland