Title Page for "Ellen Seymour"

Myles Birket Foster

Associated Names
Myles Birket Foster

Artist, British, 1825 - 1899

This is a drawing of the cover page for "Ellen Seymour; or, The Bud and the Flower" by Mrs. Savile Shepherd. The drawing depicts a scene with a house or chapel in the background surrounded by trees, with figures in the foreground. The drawing is done in sepia tones. The upper section features the book's title and author's name in a decorative script, framed with a border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown wash and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.1 x 8.8 cm (5 9/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.117

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collector's mark in stamp and black ink: Bird (Not in Lugt). (Davis Galleries, New York); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1965; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 169 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, within drawing: ELLEN SEYMOUR / OR / THE BUD AND THE FLOWER / BY MRS. SAVILE SHEPHERD / (FORMERLY ANNE HOULDITCH) / BATH , BINNS AND GOODWIN./LONDON.JAMES NISBET & CO.); signed by artist, lower left in graphite: B Foster; by later hand on mount, lower left verso in pen and black ink: DG-370 [Davis Galleries inv. no.]; by later hand on mount, along right edge verso in graphite: Mathews; by later hand on mat, across bottom in graphite: Original drawing by / BIRKET FOSTER (underlined) R.W.S., 1825-1899 / for the title page to / "Ellen Seymour" / signed

Wikidata ID

Q64617988

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