Oil paint on canvas
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Chantrey Bequest
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alfred-thornton-2038" aria-label="More by Alfred Thornton" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Alfred Thornton</a>
St Germans
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1930
architecture
bridges and viaducts
Cornwall
cottage
England
England, South West
England, Southern
hill
landscape
places
railway
residential
river
St Germans
townscapes / man-made features
tree
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
viaduct
water: inland
painting oil paint canvas
St Germans
support: 762 × 1016 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> 1930
<p><b>N04539</b> ST GERMANS <i>c.</i> 1926
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Thornton’ b.l.</p>
<p>Canvas, 30×40 (76×101·5)</p>
<p>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1930.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> N.E.A.C., November 1929 (206); R.A., 1930 (433).</p>
<p>A signed and dated <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> (18×22 1/2 in.) of 1926, belonging to Mrs R. F. Allan of Sherborne, Dorset, appears to be a preliminary study for 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/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>. The previous owner of the drawing was a personal friend of the artist and told Mrs. Allan that the site is the old Great Western Railway viaduct just outside St Germans, Cornwall.</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
2004-10-06T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
architecture bridges and viaducts Cornwall cottage England England, Southern England, South West hill landscape places railway residential river St Germans townscapes / man-made features tree UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions viaduct water: inland