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Summary

John William Waterhouse: Consulting the Oracle  wikidata:Q21190275 reasonator:Q21190275
Artist
John William Waterhouse  (1849–1917)  wikidata:Q212754
 
John William Waterhouse
Alternative names
J. W. Waterhouse; John Waterhouse; Nino Waterhouse
Description Italian-British painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 6 April 1849 Edit this at Wikidata 11 February 1917 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rome London
Work period 1870–1917
Work location
United Kingdom; Rome; London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q212754
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Consulting the Oracle
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1884
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 44.5 cm (17.5 in); width: 72.5 cm (28.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,44.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,72.5U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Object history

Sir Harry James Veitch, bequeathed 1924 to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter (published in RAMM catalogue, 1926, no. 266). Veitch Trust Sale; Christie's, London, 22 October 1954, lot 118. (40 gns) with Williams & Sons, London.

Acquired from the above in January 1956 by P.K. Lemos, Esq.
Exhibition history London, Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, Works by Recently Deceased Members of the Royal Academy, 1922, no. 166. (on loan from Sir Harry James Veitch)
Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

J.W. Waterhouse
Notes Reduced-scale replica of a larger work exhibited 1884
References Christie's object ID: 5263447 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5263447 (sale 7823, lot 19)
Other versions
 John William Waterhouse - Consulting the Oracle - Tate Britain.jpg

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Consulting the Oracle (1884). Oil on canvas, 119.4 x 198.1 cm (47 x 77.9 in). Tate Britain, London

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