Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale - The Rose

The Rose


Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, R.W.S. (1871-1945)
36 1/2 by 26 1/2 cm., 14 1/4 by 10 1/2 in.
signed on a scroll l.r.: EFB and inscribed verso: The Rose/A Rose, as fair as ever saw the north,/Grew in a little garden all alone;/By William Browne of Tavistock
watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour

EXHIBITED
London, Leicester Galleries, 1915, no.68

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1915, repr. opp. pg.128

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2 comments:

  1. Cathy, you really know how to find the paintings, we don't see often..that is the best and I'm amazed by all these wonderful posts! Thanks!

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  2. Thank you for your very kind words, Aputsiaq. I appreciate your comments and am so happy you enjoy the posts. I have found so many amazing things at your so very special 'A Polar Bears Tale'. All the best ...

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