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The Path of Conquest

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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