Mrs John Kirby: 645

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mrs John Kirby

Maker(s)

Entities

Painting

Notes

History note: Rev. Kirby Trimmer (d. 1887); anon. sale, Christie's (=W. Forster, executor of the Rev. Kirby Trimmer), 12 May 1888 (61, with no. 644), bt. Murray

Measurements and weight

Height: 75.2 cm
Weight: 6.5 kg
Width: 62.7 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1908) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

Production date: after AD 1748 : Uncertain dates

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

Text: there are two labels, giving her name, one of them possibly written by the Rev. Kirby Trimmer
Location: Verso
Method of creation: MS
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 56
The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929) page(s): 67
Thomas Gainsborough page(s): 12
Gainsborough
[Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960] page(s): 64
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 79

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 645
Primary reference Number: 3238
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 15 August 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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