Lot Essay
Ruskin recommended the close study of small details from nature as a basic exercise in drawing. There are numerous careful studies by the artist of incidental natural details, such as flowers, foliage, rocks, feathers or shells. There is a similar watercolour to the present work in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, entitled Study of Foreground Material.
We are grateful to Stephen Wildman for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.
We are grateful to Stephen Wildman for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.