Watercolour and pencil drawing
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paint, ink and graphite on card
Measurements
305 x 150 mm
Collection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 196878
Summary
Handwritten quotation from Homer's Odyssey alongside watercolour painting of single yellow tulip, both mounted side by side within single frame.
Provenance
Brunner Gift 2010
Marks and inscriptions
Sheet of paper to left of watercolour: For ther is nothing more / potent or better than this: / When a man and a woman, / sharing the same ideas / about life, keep house together. / It is a thing which causes / pain to their enemies and / pleasure to their friends. / But only they themselves / know what it really means. / A translation from the / Odyssey of Homer.' Below lower leaf in tulip painting: B.M.S. Beneath tulip : TULIPA / SWEET HARMONY