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An image of Sewing by Helen Allingham

Helen Allingham

(England 1848–1926)

Title
Sewing
Media category
Watercolour
Materials used
watercolour
Dimensions

28.0 x 22.3cm sheet; 41.5 x 36.0 x 2.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.l., watercolour "H. Allingham". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1889
Accession number
4427
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

Fine Art Society PLC (England, estab. 1876), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Fine Art Society 1889

Bibliography (4)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Rose Peel (Australia) (Author), Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Domain, 1993, 7. no catalogue numbers

Marcus B. Huish (England, b.1845) (Author), Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, with a memoir and designs by Marcus B Huish LLB, London, 1903-1904.

Fine Art Society PLC (England, estab. 1876), On the Surrey border, 1889.

Art Journal 1888, 1888.

Exhibition history (4)

On the Surrey border, Fine Art Society PLC, 1889–1889.

Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993.

British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996.

Victorian Childhood, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 08 Feb 1999–19 Mar 1999.