An autumnal still-life

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Marian Emma Chase (1844-1905)
An autumnal still-life
signed, inscribed and dated 'Jan 90 Marian Chase 16 Christchurch Road Brondesbury N.W' (lower right, on an envelope)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
28½ x 21½ in. (72 x 54.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Chase specialised in still-life watercolours of flowers and birds. The daughter and pupil of the topographical painter John Chase (1810-1879) she also received tuition from Margaret Gilles (see lot 122) and exhibited at the Royal Academy and the New Watercolour Society.

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