Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/augustus-john-om-1362" aria-label="More by Augustus John OM" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Augustus John OM</a>
Head Romilly Artists Son
Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941
painting oil paint canvas
Head of Romilly, the Artist’s Son
support: 457 × 381 mm
Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941
<p><b>N05292</b> HEAD OF ROMILLY, THE ARTIST'S SON <i>c.</i>
1924
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<br/>Inscr. ‘John’ t.l.
<br/>Canvas, 18×15 (46×38).
<br/>Bequeathed by Sir Hugh Walpole 1941.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Sir Hugh Walpole, who most likely bought it at the New Chenil Galleries in 1926.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> New Chenil Galleries, May–July 1926 (24); <i>Hugh Walpole's Collection</i>, French Gallery, May–June 1937 (39); Arts Council tour, 1948–9 (57).</p>
<p>Romilly is the first son of the artist's second marriage. The same son at a younger age appears in <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/john-the-artists-children-n05297" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05297</span></a>.</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
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