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Dawn
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1914
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
clothing and personal items
dawn
dawn - woman
drapery
female
nature
nudes
objects
people
sitting
stretching
symbols and personifications
times of the day
waking
woman
sculpture marble
Dawn
object: 1930 × 1181 × 940 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> 1914
<p><b>N02975</b> DAWN <i>c.</i> 1909–14 (?)
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Charles L. Hartwell’ on back of base.
<br/>Marble, 76×46 1/2×37 (193×118×94).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1914.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1914 (2023).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Kineton Parkes, <i>The Art of Carved Sculpture</i>, 1, 1931, pp.90–2; Herbert Maryon, <i>Modern Sculpture</i>, 1933, p.95, repr. pl.3.</p>
<p>A statue entitled ‘Dawn’, possibly the original <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/plaster-of-paris" title="Glossary definition for 'Plaster of Paris'"><span>plaster</span></a> for this work, was exhibited at the R.A. in 1909 (1830). It was Hartwell's practice to make a careful model of his works in plaster and then employ assistants to carry out most of the carving, himself adding no more than the finishing touches.</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</p>
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2004-09-23T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults clothing and personal items dawn dawn - woman drapery female nature nudes objects people sitting stretching symbols and personifications times of the day waking woman