Blue-and-white flycatcher
Matsumura Keibun (1779 - 1843)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
11.5 ins (h)8.875 ins (w)
Order this imageCollection
Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275273
Summary
Japanese watercolour on paper, gold mount, brown linen passe partout, glazed.A bluebird sits in right profile on a pine tree branch, the needles and twigs all covered in snow. The bird has a bright blue back, black wing tips and pink breast. On the left, a square red seal and two black characters.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950.
Marks and inscriptions
"HARRY C. MURCOTT, /Picture Frame Manufacturer,/ 6, Endell Street, Long Acre,/LONDON W.C." (Paper label on back)
Makers and roles
Matsumura Keibun (1779 - 1843), painter