Saturday, July 27, 2013

Gathering Summer Flowers in a Devonshire Garden

Gathering Summer Flowers in a Devonshire Garden by John William Waterhouse
From Pre-Raphaelite Art:
The present picture can be dated between 1893 and 1910. Waterhouse's sister-in-law Emily, married the landscape painter Peregrine Feeney, who built a house at Baggy Point, Croyde in Devon, after leaving Primrose Hill in 1892. Both Waterhouse and his wife, Esther, were frequent visitors to the cottage in Croyde where he spent time painting, although few examples of his work from this period are in existence today. (Read entire post.)
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