Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-hubert-von-herkomer-571" aria-label="More by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Hubert Von Herkomer</a>
Sir Henry Tate
Bequeathed by Amy, Lady Tate 1920
actions: postures and motions
adults
arts and entertainment
businessman
collector / patron
curator / director
desk
furnishings
individuals: male
man
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
sitting
Tate, Henry, Bt
trading and commercial
work and occupations
<p>The sugar magnate, Sir Henry Tate, sponsored numerous projects relating to public education, health and welfare. He presented his collection of nineteenth-century British art to the nation and paid for a gallery to house it. This portrait was completed in the year that the National Gallery of British Art, on the site of the old Millbank Penitentiary, was opened by the Prince of Wales. Only in 1932 did the institution become officially known as the Tate Gallery.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
21 June 2003 – 28 August 2007
2007-08-28
21 June 2003 – 28 August 2007
2007-08-28
2003-06-21
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2003-06-21
International Modern Art
Collection based display
8 February 2008 – 10 May 2009
2009-05-10
8 February 2008
2008-02-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2008-02-08
General Ambulatories
Collection based display
15 May 2009 – 16 February 2011
2011-02-16
15 May 2009 – 16 February 2011
2011-02-16
2009-05-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-05-15
General Ambulatories
Collection based display
Sir Henry Tate
support: 1422 × 1118 mm
Bequeathed by Amy, Lady Tate 1920
<p>The sugar magnate, Sir Henry Tate, sponsored numerous projects  relating to public education, health  and welfare. He presented his collection  of nineteenth-century British art to the nation and paid for a gallery to house it. 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/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> was completed in the year that the National Gallery of British  Art, on the site of the old Millbank Penitentiary, was opened by the  Prince of Wales. Only in 1932 did  the institution become officially  known as the Tate Gallery.</p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults arts and entertainment businessman collector / patron curator / director desk furnishings individuals: male man named individuals objects people portraits sitting Tate, Henry, Bt trading and commercial work and occupations