Oil paint on canvas
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Under Hills
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1924
actions: postures and motions
adults
agricultural
agriculture and fishing
architecture
England
England, South East
England, Southern
farm
farmer
farmland
Guildford, Coldkitchen fram
landscape
man
people
places
standing
Surrey
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
wooded
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
Under the Hills
support: 406 × 368 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1924
<p><b>N03848</b> UNDER THE HILLS 1923</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Ethelbert White’ b.l.
<br/>Watercolour on buff paper, 18×20 (45·5×51).
<br/>Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1924.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased from the St George's Gallery by Sir Edward Marsh, who presented it to the C.A.S.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> St George's Gallery, September 1923 (no catalogue traced).</p>
<p>The artist wrote (9 August 1956) that this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> was painted in late September 1923, and is of Coldkitchen Farm, situated on the southern slope of the North Downs between Guildford and Dorking.</p>
<p>A picture of the same title, probably an oil <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 exhibited at 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/l/london-group" title="Glossary definition for 'London Group'"><span>London Group</span></a>, April–May 1932 (109).</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
2004-10-05T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults agricultural agriculture and fishing architecture England England, South East England, Southern farm farmer farmland Guildford, Coldkitchen fram landscape man people places standing Surrey UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions wooded work and occupations