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Gold, Graft, Gifted and Girl Power. Some more metal point drawings with gold, these by Evelyn De Morgan for #SisterhoodSunday.
Her contribution to the revival of this technique from its Renaissance forebears has often been overshadowed by Burne-Jones’ art.
Snowdrops, daffodils and hyacinths are in bloom in the south of England at the moment and we are looking forward to Spring with Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale’s ‘In the Springtime’, 1901, watercolour #SisterhoodSunday. We can’t wait till these beautiful bluebells make an appearance.
Meticulous microcosms: the magnificent work of Scottish painter Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1823-1909) for this #SisterhoodSunday. 1 of the most popular & prolific illustrators & friend of Ruskin & Landseer; thanks to our friends @VictorianWeb for bringing her to our attention!
Celebrating the wondrous work of Beatrix Potter this #SisterhoodSunday. Expert illustrator (with PRB attention to detail), conservationist & mycologist.
The Potters were close friends with Millais who told a young Beatrix :"plenty of people can 'draw', but you have INSPIRATION".
Enigmatic images by English illustrator & children's author Margaret Winifred Tarrant (1888 –1959) for this week's #SisterhoodSunday. The illustrations which made her reputation at only 20 years of age were for Charles Kingsley's 'The Water Babies' in 1908.
Continuing our series on late Victorian/Edwardian women illustrators for #SisterhoodSunday. Today we enter the magical world of Helen Mary Jacobs (1888-1970) and her exquisitely detailed fairy paintings.
Celebrating the highly talented illustrator Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) this #SisterhoodSunday. Although very commercial now Barker's meticulous depictions of flowers surely deserve a second look, aligning with PRB attention to detail & the legacy of Victorian Fairy Painting.
Celebrating last night's fabulous Full Moon with 'Luna' by Evelyn de Morgan (1885 @DeMorganF) for this week's #SisterhoodSunday.
The magical & intensely detailed book illustrations of Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825-1916) for this week's #SisterhoodSunday. Born Eleanor Gordon with a family seat at Ellon Castle, Aberdeenshire, Boyle's watercolours reveal a reverence for nature as well as a fantastical imagination.
'Ventnor, Isle of Wight' (1856, Maas Gall) & 'Pear' (@delartmuseum ) by artist & activist Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827-1891) for #SisterhoodSunday. Bodichon befriended Siddal & Rossetti in Hastings, making this sketch of the former in 1854 (Mark Samuel Lasner Coll Delaware)
Evelyn de Morgan's lyrical 'Cadence of Autumn' for #SisterhoodSunday. Plus a sumptuous study of a female head for the seated figure on the right (1905, @DeMorganF). The optimism of Spring & the 2 figures representing Summer changes to melancholy with Autumn & Winter on the left.