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An image of Snowdrop and the seven little men

John Dickson Batten

(England 1860–1932)

Title
Snowdrop and the seven little men
Other titles:
Snowdrop and the Dwarfs
Year
1897
Media
Painting
Medium
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
John Batten (England, b.1860, d.1932), England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the artist 1897
Bibliography (5)

Looking for faeries: the Victorian tradition (2010), Anna Clabburn (Australia) (Author), Bendigo Art Gallery (Australia), Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.

British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections (1997), Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), The Beagle Press (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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

Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1906 (1906), National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The Studio (1901), Editor Unknown (Editor), The Studio Limited (England, estab. 1893, closed 1964), London, England.

Exhibition history (4)

British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, (13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.

Looking for faeries: The Victorian tradition, (16 Oct 2010–28 Nov 2010), at Bendigo Art Gallery (Australia), 42 View Street Bendigo Victoria Australia 3550.

Unknown, Walker Art Gallery 1897, (1897–1897), at Walker Art Gallery (England), Liverpool England.

Unknown, New Gallery, (1897?–1897?), at New Gallery (England), London, England, United Kingdom.