Florence Anne Claxton - 19th Century Watercolour "St Georges, Hanover Square"

Description

Florence Anne Claxton - Original 19th Century Watercolour. Watercolour with graphite. Inscribed below. On the reverse inscribed 'by F Claxton'. In a pale grey mount. Signed. There is age toning and some foxing, plus a small tear at the lower left of the picture.

Florence Anne Claxton (fl 1840 – 1879) was an English artist and humorist, most notable for her satire on the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Claxton also wrote and illustrated many humorous commentaries on contemporary life. Little is known of her life - her birth and death dates are uncertain. Her father, painter Marshall Claxton, trained his daughters, Florence and Adelaide, in his craft. In the 1850s Florence found work in the production of engravings for the popular press. In 1858 she exhibited her painting ‘Scenes from the Life of a Female Artis’t in the second annual show of the Society of Women Artists. In the following year she signed a petition advocating the admission of women to the Royal Academy Schools, and exhibited her ‘Scenes of Life of an Old Maid’ in the Society of Women Artists show. Claxton's best-known work is’ The Choice of Paris: An Idyll’ (c. 1860), a satire on the works of the Pre-Raphaelite artists of the previous years. Other examples of Claxton's works were also reproduced in newspapers of the day. Claxton also wrote humorous skits on feminism and women's rights, most notably in ‘The Adventures of a Woman in Search of her Rights’.

Size

14.5 x 9.7cm (5.7" x 3.8")

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