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The River Ebble, Wiltshire: PD.233-1961

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The River Ebble, Wiltshire

Maker(s)

Painter: Lamb, Henry

Entities

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Notes

History note: Leicester Galleries

Legal notes

Bought from the Fairhaven Fund, 1961

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1961) by Fairhaven Fund, The

Dating

1930s
Production date: AD 1937

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of millboard ( canvas covered)
Frame Depth 5 cm Height 68.4 cm Width 78.3 cm
Millboard Height 50.5 cm Width 60.3 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting : Oil on canvas-covered millboard

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Lamb
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 37
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Date
  • Text: Leicester Galleries, London, "Henry Lamb, R.A.", exhibition, 1961, no. 76
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Leicester Galleries
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 76
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: White chalk

Inscription present: the 'Ex' in a circle

  • Text: Ex 7
  • Location: Verso, board

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.233-1961
Primary reference Number: 3539

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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