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Other titles
Snowdrop and the Dwarfs
1897
Painting
tempera on gesso on canvas
49.2 x 89.2cm stretcher; 77.5 x 116.5 x 5.5cm frame
Purchased 1897
1113
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, British & European 19th Century Art Galleries, Court 12
Provenance
John Batten (England, b.1860, d.1932), England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the artist 1897
Bibliography
Periodical; The Studio; Editor Unknown; 1901, 158 (illus.), 'The Revival of Tempera Painting' by Aymer Vallance, as 'Snowdrop and the Dwarfs'
Exhibition catalogue; Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1906; National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1906, States this is Batten's first work executed in tempera
Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings; Renée Free (Australia); 1987, 12 (illus.)
Scholarly/Book; British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections; Peter Tomory (United Kingdom), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947); 1997, 47, cat.no. 85, as 'Snow white and the seven little men'
Exhibition venue
Title: British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 13 Apr 1996
Closing: 02 Jun 1996
Curator: Free, Renée
Title: Unknown, Walker Art Gallery 1897
Venue: Walker Art Gallery
Opening: 1897
Closing: 1897
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