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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

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 17.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5442

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, 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: inscription : manuscript in ink : upper centre margin & recto : : Paris Salon 1904 //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript in ink : lower left margin & recto : : The Path of Conquest. / "The word impossible is not good French." / Scotts Life of Napoleon. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript in ink : lower right margin & recto : : Fred Roe. / size 64 x 48. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript in ink : upper right corner & verso : Witt Library stamp : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript in ink : centre & verso : : Please return this photo / to Fred Roe / 18 Stanford Rd / Kensington Court / London W / when finished with. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript in ink : lower centre & verso : : 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 //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & recto : Witt Library stamp : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : centre margin & recto : : HENRY DIXON & SON / PHOTOGRAPHERS / 112, ALBANY STREET / LONDON, [NW? - illegible] //

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