Brittany peasant child at a cottage door
Miniature
1907 or 1909 (made)
1907 or 1909 (made)
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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.
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Title | Brittany 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. |
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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]. |
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Accession number | E.42-1989 |
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Record created | December 9, 2008 |
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