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An image of Snowdrop and the seven little men by John Batten

John Batten

(England 08 Oct 1860–05 Aug 1932)

Title
Snowdrop and the seven little men
Other titles:
Snowdrop and the Dwarfs
Year
1897
Media category
Painting
Materials used
tempera on gesso on canvas
Dimensions

49.2 x 89.2cm stretcher; 77.5 x 116.5 x 5.5cm frame

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1897
Accession number
1113
Location
19th c European art
Provenance (1)

John Batten (England, b.1860, d.1932), England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the artist 1897

Bibliography (5)

Anna Clabburn (Australia) (Author), Looking for faeries: the Victorian tradition, Bendigo, 2010, (colour illus.). Not paginated

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 47. cat.no. 85, as 'Snow white and the seven little men'

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 12 (illus.).

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1906, Sydney, 1906. States this is Batten's first work executed in tempera

'The Revival of Tempera Painting' by Aymer Vallance, The Studio 1901, 1901, 158 (illus.). as 'Snowdrop and the Dwarfs'

Exhibition history (4)

Unknown, Walker Art Gallery 1897, Walker Art Gallery, 1897–1897.

British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996.

Looking for faeries: The Victorian tradition, Bendigo Art Gallery, 16 Oct 2010–28 Nov 2010.

Unknown, New Gallery, New Gallery, 1897?–1897?.