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The maid of the cherry tree
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HAROLD RATHBONE (1858-1929)
The maid of the cherry tree
signed and inscribed '5. Hamilton Road. Birkenhead./ The Maid of the Cherry Tree/ And there she sat her on that tree/ Full many a baleful hour while he/ Off striding was with all his might/ To paint that maid of blue & white/ H.S.R. Sintram/ 249 Rupell St./ Miss Philippa Fawcett./ (at the age of eleven)/ Harold Rathbone' (on a label on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and oil on paper
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 28 cm.)
The maid of the cherry tree
signed and inscribed '5. Hamilton Road. Birkenhead./ The Maid of the Cherry Tree/ And there she sat her on that tree/ Full many a baleful hour while he/ Off striding was with all his might/ To paint that maid of blue & white/ H.S.R. Sintram/ 249 Rupell St./ Miss Philippa Fawcett./ (at the age of eleven)/ Harold Rathbone' (on a label on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and oil on paper
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 28 cm.)
