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The Blue Dress
Translated as: My soft heart is always liable to injury by light weapons / And the perpetual reason is that I am always in love
Molle meum levibus cor est violabile telis / Et semper causa est cur ego semper amem
Painter: Steer, Philip Wilson
History note: F.H. Hoare; with Lockett Thomson, Barbizon House, London, 1937; G. John Scaramanga; bequeathed by G. John Scaramanga to his widow, 1972
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1975) by Scaramanga, G. John, Mrs
Production date: AD 1892 : Though dated 1892, the picture appears to have been started in 1891.
The sitter was a well-known model named Rose Pettigrew, much employed by Steer.
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canvas
Frame
Depth 8.5 cm
Height 109.5 cm
Width 89.5 cm
Canvas
Height 91.5 cm
Width 70.5 cm
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: PD.184-1975
Primary reference Number: 3955
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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