Sketchbook
Sketchbook
ca. 1899 (made)
ca. 1899 (made)
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Beatrice Emma Parsons was trained as a painter at the Royal Academy Schools, and from 1889 exhibited at the R.A. summer exhibitions. Her early pictures, such as `The Annunciation’ (for which May Morris, daughter of William Morris, posed as the Virgin Mary) were often of religious subjects, but she is best known today as a watercolour painter, mainly of flowers and gardens. Beatrice was also part of the William Morris circle and encouraged her younger (and now more famous) brother, Karl Parsons, to take up stained glass designing in the studio of Christopher Whall.
Object details
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Title | Sketchbook |
Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper; cloth binding |
Brief description | Sketchbook, bound in brown cloth, containing preliminary sketches for pictures and designs by Beatrice Parsons, Britain, ca. 1899-1900. |
Physical description | Sketchbook, bound in brown cloth, containing preliminary sketches for pictures, figurative sketches and designs. These include a sketch of an interior of a library, sketches of dogs, cows, landscapes, ancient buildings, a plough horse, portraits, some signed B.E.P; a portrait of Miss Ethel Sims, a model; and one of Mrs Cornish; botanical studies and cottages. |
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Marks and inscriptions | (Notes for equipment needed in a studio, in pencil, inside front cover.) |
Credit line | Given by Katherine Guerrier |
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Summary | Beatrice Emma Parsons was trained as a painter at the Royal Academy Schools, and from 1889 exhibited at the R.A. summer exhibitions. Her early pictures, such as `The Annunciation’ (for which May Morris, daughter of William Morris, posed as the Virgin Mary) were often of religious subjects, but she is best known today as a watercolour painter, mainly of flowers and gardens. Beatrice was also part of the William Morris circle and encouraged her younger (and now more famous) brother, Karl Parsons, to take up stained glass designing in the studio of Christopher Whall. |
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Accession number | E.227-2003 |
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Record created | June 24, 2003 |
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