James Holland OWS, Morning Glory & Marguerite Daisy Flower, 1825, Watercolour

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An original c.1825 watercolour painting, James Holland OWS, Morning Glory & Marguerite Daisy Flower.An exceptional flower painting by James Holland … Read more An original c.1825 watercolour painting, James Holland OWS, Morning Glory & Marguerite Daisy Flower.An exceptional flower painting by James Holland OWS (1799–1870). Holland was a distinguished watercolourist and one of the finest colourists of the English school.Holland's floral works often have a distinctive decorative quality, in which the posy is 'readable' from various angles without a clear top and bottom. James Holland was employed at the pottery works of William Davenport in Longport from a young age and he came to excel at realistic floral designs for pottery and porcelain—where designs for plates, for example, were required to work from different angles.This exquisite watercolour shows Holland's expertise in bringing together harmonious colours and floral textures, incorporating flowers, leaves and tendrils of different shapes and scales.with gum arabic to intensify the colour. On cardSigned: Signed in the image. Inscribed: No. Height: 14.7cm (5.8″) Width: 18.5cm (7.3″) Condition: Overall in good condition for its age.Faint scattered foxing and marks as shown. There is a tiny abrasion to the surface of the paper at the upper left corner. Please see photos for detail. There are historic adhesive marks and/or paper remnants to the corners on the verso, from previous mounting. Presented: Unframed. See less