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Anthony Sands (1806-1883) - his son adopted the spelling with a 'y' in about 1855 - was originally a dyer with a firm of textile weavers in Norwich, but later became a drawing master and professional painter. Sandys painted at least two oil portraits of his father around 1850.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
Association |
Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
Frederick Sandys |
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Inscriptions
Type |
Position(s) |
Method |
Date(s) |
Notes |
F.A.Sandys/ Portrait of the artist's Father |
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reverse |
Handwritten |
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hand of Charles Fairfax Murray. Pencil |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
British Nineteenth Century Drawings and Watercolours (from the Birmingham Collection) |
83 |
Museum of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Bucharest |
1982-12-08 - 1983-01-02 |
83 |
National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens |
1983-01-12 - 1983-03-06 |
83 |
National Gallery, Budapest |
1983-03-17 - 1983-05-08 |
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101 |
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1974 - 1974 |
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Literature
Author(s) |
Date(s) |
Publisher |
Pages |
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Arthur B Chamberlain |
November 1925 |
Apollo |
p. 160. |
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City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings |
A E Whitley |
1939 |
Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby |
p. 386 |
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Frederick Sandys 1829-1904: A Catalogue Raisonné |
Betty Elzea |
2001 |
Antique Collectors' Club in association with Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service |
no. 1.A.47, p. 98. |
Provenance
Almost certainly to have been acquired by Charles Fairfax Murray from the artist, or from the sale of the contents of the Sandys family home after the death of Sandys' mother in September 1883 (Elzea). |
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