Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-spencer-watson-2124" aria-label="More by George Spencer Watson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">George Spencer Watson</a>
A Lady in Black
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1935
actions: postures and motions
adults
cloak
clothing and personal items
hat
objects
people
sitting
woman
painting oil paint canvas
A Lady in Black
support: 1270 × 1022 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> 1935
<p><b>N04806</b> A LADY IN BLACK 1922</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘G. Spencer Watson 1922’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 50×40 1/2 (127×102).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist's family 1935.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1923 (389), as ‘Miss Mullock’; <i>Exposition Triennale de Gand</i>, Palais des Fêtes, Ghent, May–July 1929 (685), as ‘Portrait’; R.A., 1935 (216), as ‘A Lady in Black’.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1923, p.113, as ‘A Lady in Black’.</p>
<p>First exhibited at the Royal <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/academy" title="Glossary definition for 'Academy'"><span>Academy</span></a> in 1923 as ‘Miss Mullock’, but reproduced in the same year's <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i> as ‘A Lady in Black’, the name by which it has since been known.</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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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults cloak clothing and personal items hat objects people sitting woman