Alfred Parkman (1852-1930) - 1889 Watercolour Come Along Grandma

Description

A charming watercolour interior scene from the late 19th Century, showing a Jacobean stairwell, with a young girl leading her grandmother, carefully, down the stairs. The artist has signed and dated to the lower left corner and the painting has been presented in a fine gilt frame with reeded inner window and wash-line mount. The title is inscribed below. There is a label at the reverse with the artist's name and brief biography. On wove.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration.

Size

49.5 x 34cm (19.5" x 13.4")
Framed Size: 71 x 55.5cm (28" x 21.9")

Artist Biography

Alfred Parkman, born 1852, was a Bristol topographical painter and was the son of painter Henry Spurrier Parkman. He moved to Swansea in the mid-1880s and became an early member (perhaps even a founding member) of the Swansea Art Society, which formed officially in 1886. In the book entitled “A History of the Swansea Art Society 1886-1986”, author Roy Knight states that Parkman was an Associate of the Society from the first year and that he lived a bohemian life with an artist friend in a converted stable loft at the Mermaid Hotel in Mumbles.