Sarah Maria Curtis (1802-1872); A Botanical Watercolour Study of Roses in a China Vase 1823 poa-item painted in oils on canvas

painted in oils on canvas on a fern coloured ground

essentially a pew at the time of its creation

There are no holes or patches to the canvas though there is some over-painting to a repaired area to the side of the sitter’s right eye

the four pieces in contrasting colours

Sarah Maria Curtis (1802-1872); A Botanical Watercolour Study of Roses in a China Vase 1823 poa-item painted in oils on canvasOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1823 The Work: 17. 25 wide x 21. 25 high In Frame: 21. 25 wide x 25. 25 high The beautifully executed watercolour botanical study depicting blooming white roses in a Georgian blue and white china vase, to a shelf, the picture bearing the signature lower right Sarah Maria Curtis 1823, and presented in its original gilded gesso frame with stiff leaf mouldings, the whole surviving from Regency