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Title:
The Path to the Old Ferry at By
Object name(s):
Picture; French
Brief description:
The village of By was some four miles north-west of Moret, connected to the village of Veneux by a riverside path (see also 'The Small Meadows in Spring'). Until 1872 a ferry had operated from By to the village of Champagne on the opposite bank of the Seine. This view across the river was one of several painted by Sisley. The scene is a rural one, but shortly after this picture was painted, Champagne was transformed by the building of an electrical factory and workers' houses.
Collection:
National Gallery
Credit line:
On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Montague Shearman through the Contemporary Art Society 1940
Current location:
Not on display
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Overall
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
49.80
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
Overall
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
65.10
Form:
None
Inscription content:
Signed
Material:
Oil on canvas
Object name:
Picture; French
Object production date:
1880
Date - earliest / single:
1880
Date - latest:
1880
Object production date:
Date - period:
1875-99
Object production person:
Alfred Sisley
Person's birth date:
1839
Person's death date:
1899
Other number:
L730
Other number type:
object number
Other number:
0CWM-0001-0000-0000
Other number type:
PID
Other number:
L730
Other number type:
display number
Other number:
N05144
Other number type:
Lender Object Number
Other number:
000-012E-0000
Other number type:
PID (NG alternative)
Other number:
l2730
Other number type:
sort number
Responsible department/section:
Main Collection
Right note:
To encourage the use and reuse of the National Gallery's collection data, they are released under the following dedications and licences: Structured data (as opposed to narrative texts) are released under a Creative Commons Zero dedication (CC0): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Descriptions, notes and all other narrative text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Style:
Impressionist
User's reference:
The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue
Reference details:
787
Reference note:
Key bibliography
Reference type:
reference

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/05e2a6da-a594-3475-bd45-a655375b474a

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/05e2a6da-a594-3475-bd45-a655375b474a, National Gallery, CC BY

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