Oil paint on board
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Snow Scene
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1947
adults
architecture
England
features
figure
Hammersmith - non-specific
people
places
seasons
snow
spire
street
townscapes / man-made features
tree
UK countries and regions
UK London
weather
winter
painting oil paint board
Snow Scene
support: 451 × 629 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> 1947
<p><b><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/spear-snow-scene-n05772" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05772</span></a> </b>SNOW SCENE 1946</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Oil on millboard, 17 3/4×24 3/4 (45×63).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1947.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1947 (10).</p>
<p>The artist recalled (letter of 21 June 1958) that this picture was painted at Christmas-time in 1946 and is a view from the front-room window of his house at 20 Rivercourt Road, Hammersmith, where he lived until 1959.</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
2004-07-22T00:00:00
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adults architecture England features figure Hammersmith - non-specific people places seasons snow spire street townscapes / man-made features tree UK countries and regions UK London weather winter