Lot Essay
A larger watercolour entitled 'The Old Pear Tree', dated 1892, is at Southampton Art Gallery, and is reproduced in C. Newall Victorian Watercolours, no. 90 (repr. col.)
Details
John William North, A.R.A., R.W.S. (1842-1924)
A Quiet Home; 'See where my blooming/pear tree in the hedge hangs over'
signed with initials and dated 'JWN/RWS April' and inscribed as title on the artist's label attached to the backboard; pencil and watercolour with scratching out
11 7/8 x 17½in. (302 x 445mm.)
A Quiet Home; 'See where my blooming/pear tree in the hedge hangs over'
signed with initials and dated 'JWN/RWS April' and inscribed as title on the artist's label attached to the backboard; pencil and watercolour with scratching out
11 7/8 x 17½in. (302 x 445mm.)
Exhibited
London, Old Water-Colour Society 1889, no. 105