As He Returned with a Last Instalment of Bluebells to Finish His Sky, He Saw a Man Standing On the Path

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As He Returned with a Last Instalment of Bluebells to Finish His Sky, He Saw a Man Standing On the Path

Mary Vermuyden Wheelhouse (1867-1947)

Price

~~£1,250~~ £650

Signed

Signed and dated 08
Inscribed with title and 'with his back to them' below mount

Medium

Ink and watercolour on board

Dimensions

9 ½ x 6 inches

Illustrated

Juliana Horatia Ewing, Jan of The Windmill [The Queen's Treasures Series], London: George Bell & Sons, 1909, Facing page 148

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1831-2023', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November-December 2023, no 26

All illustrated in Juliana Horatia Ewing Jan of the Windmill [The Queen's Treasures Series], London: George Bell & Sons, 1909
Brought into the windmiller's home as a foundling on a dark and stormy night, the infant Jan shows early interest and talent in the arts. After tragedy and cruelty fail to thwart his love of nature and art, he is able to learn of his past and become united with his real father.

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