Painting
- Title:
- Bonny Bluebells
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1971.016A.11
- Creator:
- Skinner, Esther C. (1866-1960)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Waltham, MA
- Date:
- 1891
- Description:
- Still life painting, Bonny Bluebells, by Esther C. Skinner (1866-1960), 1891. Watercolor on paper. Purple flower (bluebell), three blossoms. Horizontal rectangle, bottom not cut straight. Verse in black ink: "O, ye bonny Blue-bells, / Ring your joyous Chimes; / Would I could Catch the Music / Of your merry Rhymes." Dated in pencil on reverse, "Apr. 1891". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.4 W-7 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have been done at Waltham, MA. Esther C. Skinner (1866-1960) was a resident of Massachusetts and a summer resident of Greenfield, NH, before moving to California.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Alice Perry Van Boven
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