Oil paint on canvas
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In Realms Fancy
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1898
actions: postures and motions
children
couch
cushion
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
furnishings
girl
leisure and pastimes
objects
people
reading
recreational activities
sitting
tenderness
painting oil paint canvas
In Realms of Fancy
support: 1225 × 1219 mm
frame: 1585 × 1588 × 158 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> 1898
<p><b>N01678</b>	IN THE REALMS OF FANCY <i>c.</i> 1898
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Melton Fisher’ t.l.
<br/>Canvas painted circle, 48 1/2×48 (122·5×122).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1898.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
R.A., 1898 (109).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Pictures</i>, 1898, p.123; <i>Art Journal</i>, 1898, p.183.</p>
<p>When Melton Fisher returned from Venice he continued to paint contemporary <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/genres" title="Glossary definition for 'Genres'"><span>genre</span></a>, as in the ‘Clerkenwell Flower Makers’ 1896, but soon turned to more fanciful subjects, specializing in groups of children and young girls. The first of these was ‘The Children's Picnic’ of 1897 and the second was No.1678. The first <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> for this subject, in <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/chalk" title="Glossary definition for 'Chalk'"><span>chalk</span></a>, is reproduced in the <i>Art Journal</i>, 1899, p.239.</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, I
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2004-09-23T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions children couch cushion emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas furnishings girl leisure and pastimes objects people reading recreational activities sitting tenderness