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Claire Brosselard

Camellia Japonica (Variegated camellia, possibly 'Countess Lavinia Maggi'); and Rosa x bourbonia. (Bourbon rose)

the first signed and dated '29 Mai 1840 Claire Brosselard' in pencil; the second signed and dated 'Claire Brosselard. 20 Obre 1841' in white
pencil and watercolour on paper; pencil, watercolour, heightened with white against a brown bodycolour background on vellum stretched over board, the first window-mounted, framed and glazed, the second unframed, the first (visible area) 13 x 9.7/8 in. (337 x 251 mm.); the second 10.3/8 x 13.5/8 in. (264 x 346 mm.)

Brosselard, whose work represented in the Broughton collection at the Fitzwilliam Musem, Cambridge, exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1843 (Camlias) and 1844 (Tulipes and Fleurs dans un vase). (2)

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