Caroline Sharpe, née Paterson (c. 1850-c. 1920)

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Caroline Sharpe, née Paterson (c. 1850-c. 1920)

Buttercups

signed 'C Sharpe' and 'Caroline Sharpe' and inscribed as title on the artist's original label attached to the backing; watercolour
9¾ x 14 1/8in. (248 x 359mm.)

Literature

A. Clayton-Payne, Victorian Cottages, London, 1993 p. 154 (repr. in colour

Lot Essay

In style, palette and technique Caroline Sharpe's watercolour are very similar to her sister's, Helen Allingham. Like Allingham, she started her career as an illustrator of children's books. In 1892 she married the etcher Sutton Sharpe

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