Sir_Luke_Fildes_-_The_widower_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

Summary

Luke Fildes : The widower wikidata:Q20442040 reasonator:Q20442040
Artist
Luke Fildes (1844–1927) wikidata:Q1855648 s:en:Author:Luke Fildes
Luke Fildes
Alternative names
Samuel Luke Fildes
Description British painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 3 October 1844 Edit this at Wikidata 28 February 1927 / 27 February 1927 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Liverpool London
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1855648
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The widower Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Les,"El viudo"
label QS:Lfr,"Le veuf"
label QS:Lnl,"De weduwnaar"
label QS:Len,"The Widower"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1875
date QS:P571,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 168.9 cm (66.4 in); width: 248.3 cm (97.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,168.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,248.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q705551
Current location
Ground floor, The 19th c European art
Accession number
879
Place of creation London
Object history

1876: acquired by Thomas Taylor Esq., Oxfordshire

28 April 1883: purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney , Inventory number 879, at the sale of the collection of Tom Taylor at Christie's, London

from 28 April 1883 until 24 August 1883
date QS:P,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1883-04-28T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1883-08-24T00:00:00Z/11
: lent to the Fine Art Society
Exhibition history

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts. The one hundred and eight , Royal Academy of Arts, London , May 1876–August 1876, cat. no. 476, p. 23.

Victorian social conscience. An exhibition organized by Renee Free to mark the centenary of the Art Gallery of New South Wales , Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney , 13 August 1976–19 September 1976, cat. no. 20, p. 12-13, 33-34.

Love & death. Art in the age of Queen Victoria , Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney , 16 March 2002–12 May 2002.
Inscriptions

Signature and date unknown where:

Luke Fildes 1875
References Art Gallery of New South Wales Online Catalog, entry 879 , as The Widower , 1875-1876.
Source/Photographer tQFm7a-s0RIdeg — Google Arts & Culture

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

The author died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or fewer .

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that " faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain ".
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Captions

The Widower (c. 1875-1876). Oil on canvas, 168.9 x 248.3 cm (66.4 x 97.7 in). Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

The widower

media type

image/jpeg