Five O'clock, 1896
This Was the Time When Sleeves Assumed Eccentric Dimensions, Being so Stiffened and Set Out At the Shoulders That They Made the Rest of the Figure Look Entirely Out of Proportion. the Visitor At this Tea-Party Wears a Typical Frock of the Period, with Balloon Sleeves and a Chemisette and Long Cuffs of Lace. the Skirts Were Very Wide At the Bottom Which Somewhat Modified the Huge Sleeves.
20th Century English School
Price
£2,250
Signed
Dated 189 Pencil studies for a composition with gondolas on reverse
Medium
Watercolour and pencil
Dimensions
8 ½ x 7
inches
Illustrated
Upwards of a Century, London: Dickins and Jones, 1909
Exhibited
'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1800-2014', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2014-January 2015, no 68