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Back Gardens from Houghton Place
Spencer Frederick Gore (English, 1878–1914)
1913
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.2 x 66.4 cm (24 1/8 x 26 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund
Accession NumberRES.32.10
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionA view through bare trees from the window of No.2 Houghton Place where the artist lived 1912-13. It shows the garden of No. 1 Houghton Place, backing onto the garden of a house on Eversholt Street, with the gardens of a terrace in Lidlington Place on the left.
InscriptionsStamped, lower right: S.F. GORE
Provenance1914, most probably by inheritance to Mrs. Spencer Gore, the artist's widow, Woodnesboro, Kent, England; July 26, 1931, sold by Mrs. Spencer Gore to the MFA for $10,050 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: February 4, 1932)
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers RES.32.2-RES.32.18 purchased together for $10,050.
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers RES.32.2-RES.32.18 purchased together for $10,050.