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An image of The widower by Sir Luke Fildes

Sir Luke Fildes

(England 18 Oct 1844–27 Feb 1927)

Title
The widower
Year
1875-1876
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

168.9 x 248.3cm stretcher; 192.5 x 272.0 x 8.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., black paint "Luke Fildes 1875".
Credit
Purchased 1883
Accession number
879
Location
19th c European art
Provenance (2)

Christie's London (England), 28 Apr 1883, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Christie's London, 28 April 1883. Purchased from the sale of Mr Tom Taylor's "Aston Rowent" Collection. On loan to the Fine Art Society, 28 April - 24 August 1883.

Thomas Taylor Esq. (England), 1876-28 Apr 1883, Oxfordshire/England, sold Christie's London 28 April 1883

Bibliography (15)

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, 80. cat.no. 651

Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 44, 48 (illus.).

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 58 (illus.), 59.

City bushmen: the Heidelberg school and the rural mythology 1985, 1985, 38 (illus.).

Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 19.

'Victorian favourites: a conversation - Elwyn Lynn and Lloyd Rees', pg. 49-56., Art and Australia (Vol. 22, No. 1) Spring 1984, Spring 1984, 52 (illus.), 53 (illus.). illustration on page 52 is a detail

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Victorian Social conscience, Sydney, 1976. cat.no. 20

Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 34 (colour illus.).

L.V. Fildes (active 20th century) (Author), Luke Fildes RA, Victorian painter, London, 1968, 37-41.

The Australian women's weekly 07 Jul 1954, 07 Jul 1954, (illus.).

Art Annual 1895, 1895, (illus.). Studies illustrated

Art Journal 1876, 1876, 189.

The magazine of art 1876, 1876.

The Times May 1876, May 1876.

Academy Notes 1875-1878, 1875-1878.

Exhibition history (3)

Royal Academy of Arts, 1876, Royal Academy of Arts, 1876–1876.

Victorian Social Conscience, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Aug 1976–19 Sep 1976.

Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 16 Mar 2002–12 May 2002.