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Canadian Soldier
Augustus Edwin John (Welsh, 1878–1961)
1917
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
58.4 x 43.2 cm (23 x 17 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession Number48.566
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsUpper right: John / 1917
ProvenanceBy 1920, Mrs. Kemnelley (perhaps Kennedy?), London. [see note 1]. By 1939, John Taylor Spaulding, Boston, MA [see note 2]; 1948, bequeathed by Spaulding to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1948)
NOTES:
[1] according to sticker on the reverse of the painting, it was lent by her to exhibition at Chenil Galleries, Chelsea, London, March 1920. [2] according to notes in curatorial file, W.G. Constable of the MFA saw this painting in Spaulding's apartment in 1939.
NOTES:
[1] according to sticker on the reverse of the painting, it was lent by her to exhibition at Chenil Galleries, Chelsea, London, March 1920. [2] according to notes in curatorial file, W.G. Constable of the MFA saw this painting in Spaulding's apartment in 1939.