'A Happy New Year' Card for Ellen Terry (1847-1928)
Walford Graham Robertson (London 1867 – 1948)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1909 - 1928
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
254 x 180 mm
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1117226
Summary
Watercolour on paper, 'A Happy New Year' Card for Ellen Terry by Walford Graham Robertson (London 1867 – 1948), signed with monogram and inscribed, upper left: For E. T. from Graham. It shows Ellen Terry seated on neo-classical throne with daffodil fairies in attendance and an abridged verse from 'A Winter's Tale' (Act IV sc. 4) in the lower right corner: Now, my fairest friend, I would I had some flowers o' the spring...Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty... these I lack, To make you garlands of'
Marks and inscriptions
A Valentine (inscribed on reverse)
Makers and roles
Walford Graham Robertson (London 1867 – 1948), artist