Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
Eucharis lily, the first grown at St Mary's Isle, red tropaeolum, and the rose that grew on the south porch of the old house
About this artwork
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artist:Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn) (1823 - 1909) Scottish
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title:Eucharis lily, the first grown at St Mary's Isle, red tropaeolum, and the rose that grew on the south porch of the old house
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date created:Dated 1861
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materials:Watercolour over pencil on paper
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measurements:36.10 x 25.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1993
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accession number:D 5359.115
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Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
Jemima Wedderburn was born in Edinburgh. Although she received no formal training in art, she was a watercolourist of outstanding ability. She had connections with many of the Victorian artistic and intellectual élite and formed life-long friendships with Landseer, Millais and Ruskin, who described...
