Helen Allingham, R.W.S. (1848-1926)

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Helen Allingham, R.W.S. (1848-1926)

At Mestre near Venice

signed 'H. Allingham' (lower right) and signed and inscribed 'At Mestre near Venice/Mrs Allingham R.W.S.' on an old label on the reverse; watercolour
11 x 6¾in. (27.8 x 17.2cm.)

Exhibited

Possibly London, The Fine Art Society, Water Colour Drawings of English Country Life and Venice by Mrs Allingham, R.W.S., 1904, no.68, as A Stream in Mestre.

Lot Essay

Following her two trips to Venice in 1901 and 1902, Helen Allingham exhibited numerous paintings not only of life in the city itself but of the outlying countryside.

We are grateful to Annabel Watts for her help in preparing this entry.

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