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A Study in Black and White, Mrs Henrietta Riviere

Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

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Hetty Riviere, the young woman in the portrait was the artist’s daughter-in-law. After it was painted the picture stayed in the Rivière family and Hetty donated it to the Victoria Art Gallery in 1971 in later life.

Briton Riviere particularly enjoyed painting dogs. They traditionally featured in paintings as symbols of loyalty and dependability. This appealed to the sentimental tastes of the Victorian and Edwardian era, when it became common for sitters in informal portraits to be accompanied by a faithful dog.

Victoria Art Gallery

Bath

Title

A Study in Black and White, Mrs Henrietta Riviere

Date

c.1910

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 132.1 x W 109.2 cm

Accession number

BATVG : P : 1980.47

Acquisition method

gift from the sitter, 1971

Work type

Painting

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