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A Pet
Purchased 1911
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: birds
animals: mammals
architecture
bird - non-specific
cage
conservatory
Davy, Eustatia
dog - non-specific
domestic
door
England
features
garden
garden structures
geranium
individuals: female
interiors
Kew - non-specific
landscape
named individuals
objects
people
places
plant pot
plants and flowers
portraits
standing
sunshine
UK countries and regions
UK London
vessels and containers
weather
woman
wooded
<p>When this picture was first exhibited it was accompanied by a quotation from 'Leaves from the Note-Book of a Naturalist' by W.J.Broderip: 'But after all, it is very questionable kindness to make a pet of a creature so essentially volatile.' An early associate of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Deverell's first pictures were characterised by their clarity of vision. 'A Pet', with its more painterly approach and with a subject which recalls fashionable 'fancy portraits', shows Deverell moving towards the mainstream of British art. Deverell died young. His memory was much cherished by friends and associates. In 1895, Burne-Jones and his wife bought 'A Pet' partly 'as a link with a time of which we had often thought'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
16 September 2003 – 18 July 2004
2004-07-18
15 March 2004 – 18 July 2004
2004-07-18
2004-03-15
Museum of the Home (London, UK)
http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
2003-09-16
Homes and Gardens
Loan-out
1 October 2007 – 30 September 2008
2008-09-30
1 October 2007 – 30 September 2008
2008-09-30
2007-10-01
Manchester Art Gallery (Manchester, UK)
http://www.manchestergalleries.org
2007-10-01
Reciprocal loan for 'Millais'
Loan-out
19 May 2012 – 2 December 2012
2012-12-02
19 May 2012 – 2 December 2012
2012-12-02
2012-05-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-05-19
Victorian Sentimentality
Collection based display
12 February 2016 – 5 June 2016
2016-06-05
12 February 2016 – 5 June 2016
2016-06-05
2016-02-12
Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
2016-02-12
Liverpool Pre-Raphaelites
Loan-out
14 December 2018 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
14 December 2018 – 28 April 2019
2019-04-28
2018-12-14
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
19 June 2019 – 6 October 2019
2019-10-06
2019-06-19
Palazzo Reale (Milan, Italy)
13 May 2021 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
2021-05-13
Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest, Hungary)
2018-12-14
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Tate partnerships & programmes
A Pet
support: 838 × 571 mm
frame: 1175 × 816 × 65 mm
Purchased 1911
<p>When this picture was first exhibited it was accompanied by a quotation from 'Leaves from the Note-Book of a Naturalist' by W.J.Broderip: 'But after all, it is very questionable kindness to make a pet of a creature so essentially volatile.' An early associate of the <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/pre-raphaelite" title="Glossary definition for 'Pre-Raphaelite'"><span>Pre-Raphaelite</span></a> Brotherhood, Deverell's first pictures were characterised by their clarity of vision. 'A Pet', with its more <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/impasto" title="Glossary definition for 'Impasto'"><span>painterly</span></a> approach and with a subject which recalls fashionable 'fancy <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>portraits</span></a>', shows Deverell moving towards the mainstream of British art. Deverell died young. His memory was much cherished by friends and associates. In 1895, Burne-Jones and his wife bought 'A Pet' partly 'as a link with a time of which we had often thought'.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: birds animals: mammals architecture bird - non-specific cage conservatory Davy, Eustatia dog - non-specific domestic door England features garden garden structures geranium individuals: female interiors Kew - non-specific landscape named individuals objects people places plant pot plants and flowers portraits standing sunshine UK countries and regions UK London vessels and containers weather woman wooded