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Elizabeth Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon(1633-78)
Flowers in a Vase Signed and dated 1662
Gouache on paper, mounted on panel | 40.65 x 30.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402988
Elizabeth Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon(1633-78)
Flowers in a Vase Signed and dated 1662
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Elizabeth Dormer was an enthusiastic botanist, gardener and flower-painter. This gouache looks as if it has been copied from a Dutch or Flemish flower painting; it shows a rose, iris, tulip and other flowers, with a Brimstone butterfly in a glass vase. Some white petals have fallen to the lower left.
Signed and dated: E Carnarvon: 1662:Provenance
First recorded in the stores at Windsor Castle in 1879 (WC inv no 1384)
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Gouache on paper, mounted on panel
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40.65 x 30.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
53.9 x 43.8 x 3.4 cm (frame, external)
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