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Fairy Tale
Presented by Francis Howard and the artist's executors 1937
adults
book - non-specific
children
domestic
family
family
fireplace
girl
groups
heating and lighting
individuals: female
interiors
leisure and pastimes
living room
Mann, Cathleen
mother and child
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
reading
reading, writing, printed matter
recreational activities
society
story telling
woman
painting oil paint canvas
The Fairy Tale
support: 1022 × 1416 mm
frame: 1354 × 1750 × 88 mm
Presented by Francis Howard and the artist's executors 1937
<p><b>N04887</b> THE FAIRY TALE 1902</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Harrington Mann 1902’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 40 1/4×55 3/4 (102×141·5).
<br/>Presented by Francis Howard and the artist's executors 1937.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1906 (33); Leicester Galleries, April–May 1908 (18); <i>Chosen Pictures</i>, Grafton Galleries, April–May 1909 (56).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Percy Bate (ed.), <i>Modern Scottish Portrait Painters</i>, 1910, n.p.</p>
<p>A <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 the artist's first wife and two of his three daughters, one of whom, Cathleen (1896–1959), became a painter and married the Marquess of Queensbury.</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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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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adults book - non-specific children domestic family family fireplace girl groups heating and lighting individuals: female interiors leisure and pastimes living room Mann, Cathleen mother and child named individuals objects people portraits reading reading, writing, printed matter recreational activities society story telling woman