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Rough landscape sketch of trees and a stream

Drawing
ca. 1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Category
Object type
TitleRough landscape sketch of trees and a stream (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Brief description
Sketch on a loose leaf from a sketchbook, Beatrice Parsons, Britain, ca. 1899-1900
Physical description
Sketch of a landscape on a loose leaf from a sketchbook
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.6cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Katherine Guerrier, great niece of the artist
Subject depicted
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Peter Cormack, [William Morris Gallery]: Karl Parsons. Catalogue of Exhibition held at the William Morris Gallery 24th October 1987 -12th March 1988, pp. 1, 4.
  • Diana Baskervyle-Glegg `The Painted Garden' The art of Beatrice Parsons, Country Life March 19th, 1987, pp. 68-70.
Collection
Accession number
E.229-2003

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Record createdJune 24, 2003
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