Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-henry-lorimer-355" aria-label="More by John Henry Lorimer" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Henry Lorimer</a>
Sir Robert Lorimer ARA as a Boy
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1930
body
boy
children
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Lorimer, Robert, Sir
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people
portraits
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painting oil paint canvas
4 November 2021 – 20 March 2022
2022-03-20
4 November 2021 – 20 March 2022
2022-03-20
2021-11-04
City Art Centre (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.cac.org.uk
2021-11-04
Reflections: John Henry Lorimer, a painter of Scottish light and life
Loan-out
Sir Robert Lorimer, A.R.A., as a Boy
support: 546 × 381 mm
frame: 765 × 615 × 75 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> 1930
<p><b>N04540</b> SIR ROBERT LORIMER, A.R.A., AS A BOY 1875
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, painted area <i>c.</i> 21 1/2×15 (54·5×38), on a stretcher, 21 3/4×15 1/2 (55×39); the canvas was previously on a smaller stretcher, <i>c.</i> 20 3/4×14 (52·5×35·5).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1930.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.P., November–December 1929 (3); R.A., 1930 (443).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Artwork</i>, No.20, 1929, p.237.</p>
<p>The sitter (1864–1929) was the painter's younger brother, the architect of the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh. This <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/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> was painted when the artist was nineteen and the sitter eleven. A later portrait painted in 1886 was also reproduced in <i>Artwork</i>, No.20, 1929, p.238.</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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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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body boy children clothing and personal items hat head / face individuals: male Lorimer, Robert, Sir named individuals natural phenomena objects people portraits shadow