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The Brown Boat: PD.2-1968

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Brown Boat

Maker(s)

Painter: Hitchens, Sydney Ivon

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Bt. by the donor from the artist, 1961 or 1962

Place(s) associated

  • Lavington Common

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1968) by Bliss, J. Howard

Dating

Production date: AD 1961 : during the summer

Note

At the artist's home, in West Sussex

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas
Canvas Height 47.7 cm Width 144.2 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Hitchens
  • Location: Lower left
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 'The Brown Boat' / 18 3/4 x 56 3/4. 1961 / by IVON HITCHENS / Greenleaves. Petworth. Sussex (written in the same hand as the similar label at the back of no. PD.3-1968)
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: MS
  • Type: Label
  • Text: James Bourlet
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Please do not remove the glass. Some paint including the signature may still be wet. Feb 14 (this is in a different hand from the other MS label)
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: MS
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.2-1968
Primary reference Number: 3360
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 5 May 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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