Watercolour and tempera on paper
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Ferns in Conservatory
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1949
architecture
box
conservatory
domestic
England
England, Northern
fern
furnishings
garden structures
Ilkley, Westwood Cottage
interiors
objects
places
plants and flowers
rockery
table
UK cities, towns and villages
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Yorkshire, North
paper unique watercolour tempera
Ferns in the Conservatory
support: 559 × 375 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1949
<p><b>N05928</b> FERNS IN THE CONSERVATORY 1945</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Elizabeth Sorrell.’ b.r.
<br/>Watercolour and tempera on paper, 22×14 3/4 (56×37·5).</p>
<p>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1949.</p>
<p><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1949 (928).</p>
<p>Painted in 1945 when the artist was living at Westwood Cottage, Queen's Drive, Ilkley, Yorkshire. The conservatory, which was attached to the house, has since been much altered and enlarged.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-07-22T00:00:00
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architecture box conservatory domestic England England, Northern fern furnishings garden structures Ilkley, Westwood Cottage interiors objects places plants and flowers rockery table UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions vessels and containers Yorkshire, North