The Moon Has Risen, When Jan and the Painter Bade Him Goodbye

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The Moon Has Risen, When Jan and the Painter Bade Him Goodbye

Mary Vermuyden Wheelhouse (1867-1947)

Price

~~£1,750~~ £750

Signed

Signed and dated 08
Inscribed with title and 'the sun had set ... and the dew mixed with kindred raindrops on the schoolmaster's flowers' 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 290

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1831-2023', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November-December 2023, no 27

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.

mounted

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