The Path of Conquest
Maker
(artist)
1864-1947
Henry Dixon & Son Photographers (photographer)
1864-1947
Henry Dixon & Son Photographers (photographer)
Title
The Path of Conquest
Date of Production
1905
Medium
photograph
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 17.1 cm
Width: 17.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5442
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: recto: handwritten in black ink, upper centre: Paris Salon 1904 .
recto: lower right, artist, date: Fred Roe 1905.
Inscription: recto: lower left, title: The Path of Conquest. / "The word impossible is not good French." / Scotts Life of Napoleon.
Inscription: recto: lower right, artist, dimensions: Fred Roe. / size 64 x 48.
Inscription: verso: stamped, upper right corner: WITT / LIBRARY .
Inscription: verso: handwritten, centre: Please return this photo / to Fred Roe / 18 Stanford Rd / Kensington Court / London W / when finished with.
Inscription: verso: handwritten: THE PATH OF CONQUEST ("The word impossible is not good [cut off] / By Fred Roe, R.I. (1864-1947) / Painted 1902-03; retouched 1906. Exhib. Walker Art Gal[lery - cut off] / Liverpool, 1903; Paris Salon, 1904, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1904; South[cut off] / 1907. / Oil, 64" x 48". / This print retouched by the artist himself
recto: lower right, artist, date: Fred Roe 1905.
Inscription: recto: lower left, title: The Path of Conquest. / "The word impossible is not good French." / Scotts Life of Napoleon.
Inscription: recto: lower right, artist, dimensions: Fred Roe. / size 64 x 48.
Inscription: verso: stamped, upper right corner: WITT / LIBRARY .
Inscription: verso: handwritten, centre: Please return this photo / to Fred Roe / 18 Stanford Rd / Kensington Court / London W / when finished with.
Inscription: verso: handwritten: THE PATH OF CONQUEST ("The word impossible is not good [cut off] / By Fred Roe, R.I. (1864-1947) / Painted 1902-03; retouched 1906. Exhib. Walker Art Gal[lery - cut off] / Liverpool, 1903; Paris Salon, 1904, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1904; South[cut off] / 1907. / Oil, 64" x 48". / This print retouched by the artist himself
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