Watercolour
ca. 1877 (made)
Artist/Maker |
Object Type
In second half of the 19th century there was a fashion among some proud house owners to record particularly elaborate decorative schemes in their houses. They commissioned artists to paint them in watercolours and drawings, or even drew them themselves.
People
William Kenrick (1831-1919) was an influential figure as he was a local MP and mayor in Birmingham. He was the brother-in-law of Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) and was interested in the Arts and Crafts Movement. He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft and Chairman of the Museum and School of Art Committee. He gave Sir John Everett Millais' painting The Blind Girl to Birmingham Art Gallery. He was a great admirer of the writer John Ruskin (1819-1900) and a friend of the painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898). He owned paintings by Alfred Hunt (1830-1896), Henry Wallis (1830-1916), J.W. North, Burne-Jones, Millais, Holman Hunt (1827-1910) and Albert Moore (1841-1893).
Subjects Depicted
This is a drawing of a room in the house built for Kenrick by John Henry Chamberlain (1831-1883). It shows the external doorway, the staircase and the upper landing. Some of Kenrick's collection of art pottery and Chinese blue and white porcelain is displayed on the hanging shelves. A room from this house is also displayed in the British Galleries.
In second half of the 19th century there was a fashion among some proud house owners to record particularly elaborate decorative schemes in their houses. They commissioned artists to paint them in watercolours and drawings, or even drew them themselves.
People
William Kenrick (1831-1919) was an influential figure as he was a local MP and mayor in Birmingham. He was the brother-in-law of Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) and was interested in the Arts and Crafts Movement. He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft and Chairman of the Museum and School of Art Committee. He gave Sir John Everett Millais' painting The Blind Girl to Birmingham Art Gallery. He was a great admirer of the writer John Ruskin (1819-1900) and a friend of the painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898). He owned paintings by Alfred Hunt (1830-1896), Henry Wallis (1830-1916), J.W. North, Burne-Jones, Millais, Holman Hunt (1827-1910) and Albert Moore (1841-1893).
Subjects Depicted
This is a drawing of a room in the house built for Kenrick by John Henry Chamberlain (1831-1883). It shows the external doorway, the staircase and the upper landing. Some of Kenrick's collection of art pottery and Chinese blue and white porcelain is displayed on the hanging shelves. A room from this house is also displayed in the British Galleries.
Object details
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Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
Brief description | Watercolour of an interior with Chinese Porcelain. A colour sketch of the Hall, The Grove, Harborne |
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Gallery label | British Galleries:
William Kenrick, who came from a family of industrialists and was a prominent politician in Birmingham, was an amateur artist and collector of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. He may also have painted this watercolour of the hall in his home, The Grove, Harborne, Birmingham. Some of his ceramic collection is shown on the hanging shelves. A room from the house is displayed in Gallery 125.(27/03/2003) |
Credit line | Given by the artist |
Object history | probably painted by the Rt. Hon. William Kenrick (born in 1831, died in 1919) |
Summary | Object Type In second half of the 19th century there was a fashion among some proud house owners to record particularly elaborate decorative schemes in their houses. They commissioned artists to paint them in watercolours and drawings, or even drew them themselves. People William Kenrick (1831-1919) was an influential figure as he was a local MP and mayor in Birmingham. He was the brother-in-law of Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) and was interested in the Arts and Crafts Movement. He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft and Chairman of the Museum and School of Art Committee. He gave Sir John Everett Millais' painting The Blind Girl to Birmingham Art Gallery. He was a great admirer of the writer John Ruskin (1819-1900) and a friend of the painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898). He owned paintings by Alfred Hunt (1830-1896), Henry Wallis (1830-1916), J.W. North, Burne-Jones, Millais, Holman Hunt (1827-1910) and Albert Moore (1841-1893). Subjects Depicted This is a drawing of a room in the house built for Kenrick by John Henry Chamberlain (1831-1883). It shows the external doorway, the staircase and the upper landing. Some of Kenrick's collection of art pottery and Chinese blue and white porcelain is displayed on the hanging shelves. A room from this house is also displayed in the British Galleries. |
Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.217-1968 |
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Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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