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Epsom Downs  City and Suburban Day
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1920
adults
animals: mammals
caravan
children
dog, greyhound
England
England, South East
England, Southern
Epsom
ethnicity
girl
group
groups
gypsy
horse
horse racing
leisure and pastimes
man
people
places
society
sport
sunshine
Surrey
transport: land
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
weather
woman
painting oil paint canvas
26 October 2024 – 5 January 2025
2025-01-05
26 October 2024 – 5 January 2025
2025-01-05
2024-10-26
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (Worcester, UK)
2024-10-26
Atchin Tan- Travelling Through Art
Loan-out
Epsom Downs - City and Suburban Day
support: 794 × 1283 mm
frame: 971 × 1455 × 94 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> 1920
<p><b>N03554</b> EPSOM DOWNS - CITY AND SUBURBAN DAY 1919</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘A. J. Munnings’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 31 1/4×50 1/2 (79·5×128).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1920.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
R.A., 1920 (27); Bournemouth, April–June 1955 (933); R.A. Diploma Gallery, March–June 1956 (97).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> <i>The Second Burst</i>, 1951, pp.80–1, repr.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1920, p.32; <i>Studio</i>, LXXIX, 1920, p.123.</p>
<p>Inspired by the Epsom Spring Meeting, 1919, and painted in Hampshire the following autumn. A similar picture, ‘Gypsies on Epsom Downs: Derby Week’, was exhibited at the R.A. in 1926 (52; repr. Lindsay, 1939, pl.17, and <i>The Second Burst</i>, facing p.281, as showing hop-pickers).</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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2004-07-16T00:00:00
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adults animals: mammals caravan children dog, greyhound England England, South East England, Southern Epsom ethnicity girl group groups gypsy horse horse racing leisure and pastimes man people places society sport sunshine Surrey transport: land UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions weather woman