Watercolour and gouache drawing
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Collection
Coniston, Cumbria
NT 629504
Summary
Brown sketchbook containing the following items stuck in (unless specified as being loose) - i) w/c, single pink rose; ii) gouache, pr tulips; iii) w/c, rubeckea; iv) sm.blue bowl dog roses; v) gouache, single anemone head; vi) forget-me-nots; vii) w/c, catkins; viii) gouache, pink rose; ix) Evening primsrose in herbaceous setting; x) oval of stream; xi) w/c, primroses; xii) blue bowl of anemones;gouache; xiii) detail of bank side, w/c; xiv) blue bowl of primulas;w/c; xv) brown vase of anemones; w/c; xvi)green vase roses; w/c; xvii) china bowl, various flowers;gouache; xviii) damsons; xiv) roses in garden setting;gouache; xx) yellow rose and forget-me-not, cut out and applied; gouache; xxi) pr tulips'w/c; xxii) purple flowers and white flower; gouache; xxiii) primulas; gouache; xxiv) single anemone head; gouache; xxv) harebells; gouache; xxvi) single red rose; gouache; xxvii) single pink rosebud; gouache; xxviii) japonicas; gouache; xxix) single pink rose head; w/c and gouache; xxx) single red rosebud; w/c and gouache; xxxi) 2 anemone heads; gouache; xxxii) blue vetch;w/c; xxxiii) single yellow rose; gouache; xxxiv) primulas;w/c; xxxv) single rose and sweet william; gouache; xxxvi) bunch violets; gouache; xxxvii) single leaf; goucahe; xxxviii) sweet williams; gouache; xxxix) single yellow pansy; gouache; xL)apple blossom; gouache; xLi) petals on a pond; gouache; xLii) single daffodil; gouache; xLiii) sm.landscape scene; w/c; xLiv) heather, harebell and white flower; w/c; xLv) harebells;w/c; xLvi) single yellow rose; xLvii) pr pansy heads; xLviii) forget-me-nots, pencil on back (loose); w/c, 11 x 14.5cm; xLix) single anemone; 10 x 13 (loose); L) lake scene; w/c, 7 x 12.5 (loose).
Provenance
Part of a collection of pictures, mainly watercolour/gouache flower paintings by Irene Kendal, also work by her sister Mary, her father Thomas and other artists, plus photographs, personal effects and ephemara.Collection given to the National Trust by Irene Kendal in 1995, together with her home, High Ground House, Torver, Coniston, and some of the house contents. Irene Kendal wished for her work to be displayed in the house.