Summer stroll in England in the late 1800s. Watercolour painted circa 1885 by a Victorian child. Girls in broad-brimmed straw hats and smart dresses with sashes walk in single file. The girl in pink pulls a green toy dog on a lead.
Watercolour painted by a Victorian child in the family circle of May Chatteris Fisher (1874-1910), who later became a professional artist. This painting is possibly by one of May's sisters: Margaret (known as Daisy) born in 1873, or Helen (known as Nellie), born in 1875. The watercolour is not signed or dated, but it was found amongst other paintings signed by May as a child. We have assumed from the style of the picture that the artist was probably no more than 10 or 11 years old at the time. This means that the painting probably dates from circa 1885. May was born near Manchester in north west England. As an adult, and after studying at the Manchester Municipal School of Art, she became an accomplished book illustrator and bookplate designer. In 1901 and 1904 she illustrated two books of children’s fairy tales for the publishers Sherratt & Hughes: ‘Ignoramus’ by E. Todd and ‘Pixie’ by Frances Reddaway. In 1902, her works were praised in a survey, published in New York, of female bookplate designers on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1904, May married the established landscape painter, William Smallwood Winder (1869-1910), and subsequently signed her work MC Winder.
Size: 16927px × 9522px
Location: England
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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