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Sir William Goscombe John (1860-1952)
FILDES, Luke (1844-1927)
Sir Luke Fildes's son, also named Luke, married Goscombe John's daughter Muriel, who gave this portrait to the Museum after the sculptor's death. The Museum had been reluctant to take it initially, having six other portraits of him already in the collection. Muriel wrote of her disappointment because 'it is the only one, for the last 40 years, that is really a likeness of my father'.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2566
Creation/Production
FILDES, Luke
Date: 1924
Acquisition
Gift, 12/3/1953
Given by Mrs Luke Fildes
Measurements
Height
(cm): 67.6
Width
(cm): 55.2
Height
(in): 26
Width
(in): 21
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
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