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Sweethearts and Wives
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
actions: expressive
adults
animals: mammals
anxiety
architecture
armour
bandit
castle
clothing and personal items
couple
crime and punishment
diseases and conditions
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
family
gate
greeting
group
groups
history
holding hands
horse
husband
man
military
military
objects
people
period: 17th c.
politics and society
riding
sex and relationships
society
soldier
spear
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
weapons
wife
woman
work and occupations
wounded
painting oil paint canvas
Sweethearts and Wives
support: 1448 × 2019 mm
frame: 1850 × 2420 × 180 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1894
<p><b>N01552</b> SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES 1882</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘S. E. Waller 1882’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 57×79 1/2 (145×202).
<br/>Tate Gift 1894.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Presumably purchased by Henry Tate at the Royal Academy 1882.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1882 (551).
<br/><i>Lit:</i>
Walter Armstrong, ‘The Henry Tate Collection IV’ in <i>Art Journal</i>, 1893, p.197, repr.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Sir Edward J. Poynter, <i>The National Gallery</i>, III, 1900, p.343.</p>
<p>Exhibited at the R.A. with the following note: ‘On the first rumour of impending difficulties between the Scotch and English, the Moss-troopers would sweep swiftly over the country taking every head of cattle within reach - frequently plundering both sides with equal impartiality, and returning to the security of their castles to be welcomed home by their wives and sweethearts, who were nearly as enthusiastic in the matter as themselves.- (<i>Border History).</i>’</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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actions: expressive adults animals: mammals anxiety architecture armour bandit castle clothing and personal items couple crime and punishment diseases and conditions emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas family gate greeting group groups history holding hands horse husband man military military objects people period: 17th c. politics and society riding sex and relationships society soldier spear townscapes / man-made features transport: land weapons wife woman work and occupations wounded