Oil paint on canvas
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Chantrey Bequest
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/harold-speed-1974" aria-label="More by Harold Speed" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Harold Speed</a>
Alcantara Toledo by Moonlight
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1905
adults
animals: mammals
arch
architecture
astronomy
battlement
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cart
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
figure
fortification
heating and lighting
horse
landscape
military
moonlight
natural features (non-UK)
natural phenomena
night
objects
people
places
river
River Tagus
rocky
shadow
society
Spain
times of the day
Toledo, Alcantara Bridge
torch
tower
transport: land
valley
water: inland
painting oil paint canvas
The Alcantara, Toledo, by Moonlight
support: 635 × 914 mm
frame: 930 × 1220 × 140 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> 1905
<p><b>N01964</b> THE ALCANTARA, TOLEDO, BY MOONLIGHT 1894</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘.Harold. Speed. 1894.’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 25×36 (64×91·5).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1905.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
<i>Summer Exhibition</i>, New Gallery, 1905 (202).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Art Journal</i>, 1905, p.183.</p>
<p>The Alcantara is a famous bridge over the Tagus. 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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> of this subject, ‘The Great Arch of the Alcantara, Toledo’, was shown at the Leicester Galleries, February–March 1907 (6).</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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2004-09-23T00:00:00
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adults animals: mammals arch architecture astronomy battlement bridge bridges and viaducts cart cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features figure fortification heating and lighting horse landscape military moonlight natural features (non-UK) natural phenomena night objects people places river River Tagus rocky shadow society Spain times of the day Toledo, Alcantara Bridge torch tower transport: land valley water: inland