Cottage at Redlynch, Wiltshire

Details

Helen Allingham, R.W.S. (1848-1926)
Cottage at Redlynch, Wiltshire
signed 'H Allingham' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
8 x 6¼ in. (20.3 x 16 cm.)

Provenance

A gift from the artist to the mother of Mrs Anne Shells, by whom lent to Eileen Fear until January 2005, when returned to the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Ernest Brown and Phillips, November 1909, no. 83.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Mrs Allingham's watercolours of Wiltshire subjects result from a sketching trip to Redlynch and Downton in 1906. It was the abundance of unspoilt thatched buildings that instantly caught her eye and they formed the greater part of her output during her visits to the South West.

Over the years, Allingham's cottage paintings continued to depict the regional differences of traditional materials used in vernacular buildings, and her Wiltshire paintings added a new variation.

We are grateful Annabel Watts for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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