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At the Hippodrome (The Gods) (1920)

William Patrick Roberts

oil on canvas

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

At the Hippodrome (The Gods) (1920)

Details

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

The painting was inspired by the Old Bedford or the Alhambra Music Hall. The Bedford had been a haunt of the Camden Town Group artists. A chalk and wash study of At the Hippodrome, 1920 (48 x 45.2 cm) was purchased from the Fine Art Society by the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford (£200, Jan. 1967).

Dimensions:

95 x 90.6 cm

Accession Number:

L.F23.1935.0.0

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1934

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Gifted by Edward Wadsworth (1889-1949) to the Contemporary Art Society, 1923; presented to New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester, 1934

Relationship:

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery Edward Alexander Wadsworth

Subject:

Black (presence)

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Artist Bio

William Patrick Roberts
At the Hippodrome (The Gods) (1920)

Artworks by William Patrick Roberts

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