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Cider House Galleries Ltd
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FREDERICK DANIEL HARDY (1826-1911)
By the Fire Side, At School & Prayers at BedTime
( England
1826 to 1911
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Dimensions
3.50inch wide
2.50inch high
(8.89 cm wide 6.35 cm high)
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Framed Dimensions
16.00inch framed width
6.75inch framed height
(40.64 cm framed width 17.14 cm framed height)
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Literature:
M64310
BY THE FIRE SIDE, AT SCHOOL
& PRAYERS AT BEDTIME
FREDERICK DANIEL HARDY
1826 – 1911 Monogrammed
Oil on board Each 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches
Framed size 6 ¾ x 16 inches
F.D. Hardy was born in 1826, son of a musician and brother of George Hardy 1822 - 1909. He became a painter of genre scenes, especially interiors featuring children. He studied under Thomas Webster and had a studio at Webster’s house in Cranbrook where he lived from 1854 -1875.
Hardy exhibited works at the Royal Academy from 1851-1898 and at the British Institute from 1851 - 1856. Hardy was a member of the Cranbrook Colony in Kent along with Webster, A.E. Mulready, G.B O’Neill and J.C. Horsley.
F.D. Hardy died at Cranbrook in 1911.
Bibl: Dictionary of Victorian Painters – C. Wood
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