Oil paint on canvas
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Fate
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1904
Africa
animals: actions
animals: birds
animals: mammals
attacking
countries and continents
grass
guinea fowl
heathland
landscape
leopard
places
plants and flowers
painting oil paint canvas
Fate
support: 946 × 1480 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> 1904
<p><b>N01947</b> FATE 1904</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Arthur Wardle 1904’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 37 1/4×58 1/4 (94×48).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1904.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1904 (840).</p>
<p>A <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/pastel" title="Glossary definition for 'Pastel'"><span>pastel</span></a> study for ‘Fate’, entitled ‘Destiny’, was purchased for the Art Gallery of Perth, Western Australia, in 1907, but has since been disposed of. The picture represents an African leopard with a guinea fowl in its clutches.</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
2004-09-23T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
Africa animals: actions animals: birds animals: mammals attacking countries and continents grass guinea fowl heathland landscape leopard places plants and flowers