Ambrose McEvoy

Euphemia

1909

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Artist: Ambrose McEvoy 1878–1927
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions: Support: 730 x 483 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1929
Reference: N04447

Catalogue entry

N04447 EUPHEMIA 1909

Not inscribed.
Canvas, 28 3/4×19 (73×48·5).
Purchased from the artist's widow (Grant-in-Aid) 1929.
Exh: N.E.A.C., summer 1909 (36), when part of ‘The Ferry’, N04496 below; R.A., Late Members, winter 1928 (572), as painted in 1909.
Repr: National Gallery, Millbank [Tate Gallery], Review of the Acquisitions, 1927–29, 1930, p.48.

This painting was originally the right-hand portion of ‘The Ferry’, N04496; the canvas was subsequently cut in half to form two separate compositions, this portion being entitled ‘Euphemia’ after the model Euphemia Lamb (see Epstein, N03187); at this time there was a small amount of repainting. The original composition is reproduced in Studio, XLVII, 1909, p.187.

Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II