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Mr Hollingberys Canary
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1951
adults
animals: birds
bar
bottle
cage
canary
cigarette
clock
clothing and personal items
display case / vitrine
England
flower
furnishings
glass
Hammersmith, The Hampshire Hog
heating and lighting
interiors
kitchen
leisure and pastimes
light / lamp
man
objects
people
places
places of entertainment
plants and flowers
recreational activities
scientific and measuring
smoking
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painting oil paint canvas
Mr Hollingbery’s Canary
support: 1829 × 1071 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> 1951
<p><b>N06011</b> MR HOLLINGBERY'S CANARY 1950</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.</p>
<p>Canvas, 72×42 (183×107).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1951.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Leicester Galleries, March 1951 (13); R.A., 1951 (465).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1951, p.6.</p>
<p>Painted in the winter of 1950, this is an interior view of ‘The Hampshire Hog’, a public house kept by Mr Leslie and Mrs Florence Hollingbery in King Street, Hammersmith. As the title suggests, the canary belongs to the publican, and a companion picture ‘Brown Ale’ (repr. <i>Studio</i>, CXLIII, 1952, p.147) shows the same room but seen from the other end of the bar, looking towards the stand bearing the canary cage. It also is an upright <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> and belongs to Mr Alastair R. Paterson of Toronto. A third study of the subject exists, but its present location is unknown.</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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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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adults animals: birds bar bottle cage canary cigarette clock clothing and personal items display case / vitrine England flower furnishings glass Hammersmith, The Hampshire Hog heating and lighting interiors kitchen leisure and pastimes light / lamp man objects people places places of entertainment plants and flowers recreational activities scientific and measuring smoking UK countries and regions UK London vessels and containers