Bessie Joy Spiers (1843-1901) - 1856 Watercolour Buckinghamshire Village

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Description

A view of a Buckinghamshire village from a field. Presented in a cream mount. Signed and dated to the lower-right edge. Inscribed with the title on the verso. On wove laid to board.

Condition

There is some minor discolouration and mount burn. There are some small marks to the mount and a tear to the mount at the lower-left corner.

Size

16.3 x 25.9cm (6.4" x 10.2")
Sheet: 30.4 x 40.1cm (12" x 15.8")

Artist Biography

Bessie Joy Spiers (1843-1901) was a prolific exhibitor showing at the Fine Art Society, Walker Art Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Society of Women Artists, Ipswich Art Society and at the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. Born in Oxford, she was the daughter of a well-to-do Alderman, Magistrate and Merchant and was a sister of Charlotte Horn Spiers and Richard Phene Spiers, with whom she resided at the same London address in Russell Square, Bloomsbury.

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SKU qy587
Artist Bessie Joy Spiers (1843-1901)
Date 1856
Dimensions 16.3 x 25.9cm
Medium Watercolour
Subject Architecture & Cityscapes
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