John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
(England 1829–1908)
- Title
- "Why seek ye the living among the dead?" St Luke 24 v5
- Year
- 1870-1890s
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil, gesso, goldleaf, wax medium, on canvas
- Dimensions
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129.8 x 168.8cm stretcher; 160.4 x 200.5 x 11.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Arthur Moon KC in memory of his mother, Emma, born in Sydney in 1860, the daughter of John de Villers Lamb 1950
- Accession number
- 8537
- Location
- 19th c European art
- Provenance (4)
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Arthur Moon, KC (England), pre 1950, England, Gift of Arthur Moon 1950
Sir Ernst and Lady Emma Moon (England), post 1907, England, Braziers park, Ipsden, Oxon
Gooden and Fox (England), post 28 Jun 1907, London/England, [dealer] Bought Christie's London, 28 June 1907 lot no. 137, as 'Resurrection morning' see 'Years Art' 1908, pg. 345
William Imrie, pre 28 Jun 1907, Sold Christie's London, 28 June 1907 lot no. 137
- Bibliography (6)
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Angus Trumble (Australia) (Curator), Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Adelaide, 2001, 37 (colour illus.).
Look Nov 2001, Nov 2001, 4 (colour illus.).
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, 163. cat.no. 2064
Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 44.
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 185 (illus.).
Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Oct 1962, Oct 1962, (illus.).
- Exhibition history (4)
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Purchases and Acquisitions for 1950, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Feb 1951–22 Apr 1951.
Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, 07 Dec 2001–03 Feb 2002.
Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, 30 May 2002–28 Jul 2002.
Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 24 Aug 2002–24 Nov 2002.
