From about 1840 to 1900 there was great interest in deriving ornament from plants. These drawings by Redgrave, an influential teacher in the Government School of Design, show the thistle 'pictorially drawn as it grows' and 'displayed and flattened…the form of the buds, the open blossoms, the seed vessels and the leaves are examined as new motives for ornament'
Physical description
Drawing, study of a sow thistle, pen and inks.
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/maker
Richard Redgrave, born 1804 - died 1888 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pen and inks
Dimensions
Length: 153 mm, Width: 102 mm
Object history note
Study of a sow thistle, pen and inks by Richard Redgrave, (1804-88). Reproduced in his Manual of Design, 1876.
From about 1840 to 1900 there was great interest in deriving ornament from plants. These drawings by Redgrave, an influential teacher in the Government School of Design, show the thistle 'pictorially drawn as it grows' and 'displayed and flattened…the form of the buds, the open blossoms, the seed vessels and the leaves are examined as new motives for ornament'.
Descriptive line
Drawing, study of a sow thistle, pen and inks, Richard Redgrave, England, about 1850
Exhibition History
Ornament Gallery (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Labels and date
Two Studies of a Sow-Thistle
English, about 1850
Pen and ink, by Richard Redgrave (1804-88)
Reproduced in his 'Manual of Design', 1876
From about 1840 to 1900 there was great interest in deriving ornament from plants. These drawings by Redgrave, an influential teacher in the Government School of Design, show the thistle 'pictorially drawn as it grows' and 'displayed and flattened…the form of the buds, the open blossoms, the seed vessels and the leaves are examined as new motives for ornament'
The full text of the label is as follows:
"TWO STUDIES OF A SOW-THISTLE
English, about 1850
Pen and ink, by Richard Redgrave, (1804-88).
Reproduced in this Manual of Design, 1876
From about 1840 to 1900 there was great interest in deriving ornament from plants. These drawings by Redgrave, an influential teacher in the Goverment School of Design, show the thistle 'pictorially drawn as it grows' and 'displayed and flattened...the form of the buds, the open blossoms, the seed vessels and the elaves are examined as a new motives for ornament'.
8452.A&B (Given by A Reid in 1897)"
Subjects depicted
Flowers (plants); Thistles (plants)
Categories
Drawings
Collection code
PDP
