Oil paint on canvas
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Terrys Lane Cookham
Purchased 1933
architecture
Berkshire
Cookham - non-specific
England
England, South East
England, Southern
field
landscape
places
road
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
wooded
<p>Spencer shows a keen sense of detail in this composition. Painting minute strands of grass and individual leaves on trees, he reveals his familiarity and love for the countryside. In the background we can glimpse white-washed houses with red brick roofs, which are characteristic of homes in this area from the 1900s. Spencer and his brother Gilbert would regularly walk Terry’s Lane in Cookham as children. A typical British country path lined with shrubs and trees, the brothers took the route which led to a railway bridge, where they could watch passing trains.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2021</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
21 September 2020 – 26 September 2021
2021-09-26
21 September 2020 – 26 September 2021
2021-09-26
2020-09-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-09-21
Stanley Spencer
Collection based display
Terry’s Lane, Cookham
support: 508 × 762 mm
frame: 660 × 910 × 70 mm
Purchased 1933
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<p>Spencer shows a keen sense of detail in this composition. Painting minute strands of grass and individual leaves on trees, he reveals his familiarity and love for the countryside. In the background we can glimpse white-washed houses with red brick roofs, which are characteristic of homes in this area from the 1900s. Spencer and his brother Gilbert would regularly walk Terry’s Lane in Cookham as children. A typical British country path lined with shrubs and trees, the brothers took the route which led to a railway bridge, where they could watch passing trains.</p>
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<p><b>N04678</b> TERRY'S LANE, COOKHAM <i>c.</i> 1932</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 20×30 (51×76·5).
<br/>Purchased from the artist through Arthur Tooth &amp; Sons (Clarke Fund) 1933.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
Temple Newsam, Leeds, July–September 1947 (19), as <i>c.</i> 1930.</p>
<p>The artist wrote (15 August 1951) that this work was painted about 1932. Gilbert Spencer told the compiler (26 October 1961) that Terry's Lane was a regular childhood walk of his brother and himself, its special attraction being that it enabled one to reach the railway bridge.</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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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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architecture Berkshire Cookham - non-specific England England, South East England, Southern field landscape places road townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions wooded