Love among the nations: PD.967-1963

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Love among the nations

Maker(s)

Painter: Spencer, Stanley

Entities

Painting

Notes

History note: J.L. Behrend; sold to W.A. Evill, c. 1948

Measurements and weight

Height: 91.1 cm
Width: 280 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Evill, Wilfrid Ariel

Dating

1935 - 1936

School or Style

British

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: 34
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Black chalk

Text: Messrs Arthur Tooth, "This Picture should be varnished at the end of 1937"
Location: Verso, frame

Text: Tate Galelry, Millbank, London, S.W.1
Location: Verso, frame
Method of creation: MS
Type: Label

Text: Temple Newam House, Stanley Spencer Exhibition, no. 30, "Return to J.L. Behrend"
Location: Verso, frame
Type: Label

Text: 229 (three times)
Location: Verso, frame
Method of creation: Pink chalk

Text: S. SPENCER (J.L. BEHREND)
Location: Verso, frame
Method of creation: White chalk

References and bibliographic entries

[Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960] page(s): 595
A Private View of Stanley Spencer page(s): 89
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 241-242
Stanley Spencer; Visions from a Berkshire Village page(s): 53
Stanley Spencer: The Builders and The Church House page(s): 15 ff
'Stanley Spencer' page(s): 386-388

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.967-1963
Primary reference Number: 3922
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 21 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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