A Tender Chord

Date: circa 1887

Dimensions: Height: 66 cm ( 26 in.), Width: 75.2 cm (29.625 in.)

Owner/Location: Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of EBSCO Industries, Inc., in memory of Elton B. Stephens and Alys Robinson Stephens

Description

On view in the Birmingham Museum of Art. The general impression of this painting suggest that it was painted in the living room of Russell House in Broadway England. Several other paintings done by Millet also show the same paneled wall in the background, and the leaded windows on the northside of the home.

Exhibitions

1888, Institute of Painters in Oil, New York, NY, London, England, item 299 Founded in 1882, the Institute is one of the nine organizations that comprise the Federation of British Artists. The Institute only shows paintings done in oil.

Provenance

Dealer Richard York Gallery; purchased by Elton B. Stephens for EBSCO Industries, Inc., May 14, 1983; gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, March 30, 2005 Object No. 2005.22

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