The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. There is minor foxing across the surface.
18.5 x 28.8cm (7.3" x 11.3")
George Samuel Elgood (1851–1943) was an English artist and illustrator who became well known for his paintings of formal gardens.
Elgood was born in Leicester, he studied art at Leicester Art School under Wilmot Pilsbury, and then architectural drawing at the South Kensington Schools in London.
In the early 1880s, he was free to resume art full-time, becoming a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) in 1882 and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) a few years later. He exhibited several times at the Fine Art Society between 1890–1925.
Elgood became known mainly as a painter of historic gardens, travelling throughout England, France, Spain and Italy in the course of his professional life. Many of his pictures were used to illustrate Some English Gardens (1904) by the famous garden designer Gertrude Jekyll and Italian Gardens (1907) which Elgood wrote himself.
In 1908 he settled in an old 16th-century timbered house called "Knockwood" in Tenterden, Kent, where he designed and constructed his own formal garden in the grounds. He also designed and had constructed a farmhouse (in a vernacular style) and two local war memorials.
| SKU | qf186 |
|---|---|
| Artist | George Samuel Elgood (1851-1943) |
| Date | Late 19th Century |
| Dimensions | 18.5 x 28.8cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Architecture & Cityscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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