ID 1226113
Lot 5 | ELEANOR FORTESCUE BRICKDALE, R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1872-1945)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
The Birth of the Rose
signed 'E F BRICKDALE' (in a cartouche, lower right); and further signed, inscribed and dated 'The Birth of the Rose/ to my dearest aunt/ and to the sisters/ from EFB 1925' (on a label attached to the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour within a black-line border on artist's board
14 ¾ x 10 ½ in. (37.4 x 26.7 cm.)
Provenance
The artist, by whom gifted to her aunt.
with Frost and Reed, London, where acquired, and by descent in the family to the present owner.
Literature
The Illustrated London News, Christmas Edition, 1924, [page number unverified].
| Artist: | Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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