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Memory gathering the flowers mowed down by time

Watercolour
ca. 1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Samuel Shelley (1756-1808), 'Memory gathering the flowers mowed down by time' or 'Love's complaint to time', 1805, watercolour

Object details

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Object type
Titles
  • Memory gathering the flowers mowed down by time (popular title)
  • Love's complaint to time (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour with some graphite pencil, on paper
Brief description
Samuel Shelley (1756-1808), 'Memory gathering the flowers mowed down by time' or 'Love's complaint to time', 1805, watercolour
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm (Note: Taken from Lionel Lambourne, British Watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980)
  • Width: 58.4cm (Note: Taken from Lionel Lambourne, British Watercolours in the V&A, 1980)
  • Gilt frame height: 680mm (Note: FRAME)
  • Gilt frame width: 840cm (Note: FRAME)
Marks and inscriptions
S. Shelley (Signed)
Object history
Exhibited at the Old Water Colour Society in 1805.
Production
Exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water-Colours in 1805, the society's first exhibition.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Timothy Wilcox, ed. The triumph of watercolour : the early years of the Royal Watercolour Society 1805-55 London: Philip Wilson, 2005. ISBN 1898519250
Collection
Accession number
1754-1871

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Record createdMay 10, 2007
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