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Brittany peasant child at a cottage door

Miniature
1907 or 1909 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour on ivory miniature entitled 'Brittany peasant child at a cottage door'. Signed and dated (illegibly) lower right, "Betts-Brown. 1907 [? or 1909]". Betts-Brown was the artist's maiden name.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBrittany peasant child at a cottage door (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on ivory
Brief description
Watercolour on ivory miniature by Mrs. E. M. Bursey entitled 'Brittany peasant child at a cottage door'. France, ca. 1907-1909.
Physical description
Watercolour on ivory miniature entitled 'Brittany peasant child at a cottage door'. Signed and dated (illegibly) lower right, "Betts-Brown. 1907 [? or 1909]". Betts-Brown was the artist's maiden name.
Dimensions
  • Rectangular height: 194mm
  • Rectangular width: 73mm
194 x 73 mm. Rectangular
Credit line
Given by Violet M. E. Bursey, daughter of the artist
Object history
Item Provenance: Given by Miss Violet Bursey, daughter of the artist.

Exhibition label on reverse of frame, lettered "RA 1937, No. 3, as Brittany Peasant child at Cottage Door, price £100. Mrs E.M. Bursey, 85 Woodbanks, NW11". Mrs Edith Marian Bursey (1876-1946) signed variously as 'E.M. Bursey', 'E M Boesé' (the original French name of her husband who was naturalised and who anglicised the name), and as 'Betts-Brown' (her maiden name). E.M. Bursey trained in Paris under Madame Debittemont-Chardon (author of La Miniature sur Ivoire). Exhibited at the Salon for 6 years. [see also E.43-45 and E.47-1989].
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.42-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
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