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Suntanned Old Sentinal by Elsie Garrett Rice
Suntanned Old Sentinal
Elsie Garrett Rice
Title
Suntanned Old Sentinal
Artist
Elsie Garrett Rice
1869 - 1959 (biography)Year
c. 1920
Technique
watercolor
Image Size
8 9/16 x 6 7/8" image
Signature
signed in pen, lower right
Edition Size
Annotations
annotated with poem in pen
Reference
Paper
ivory laid
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
2220
Price
$600.00
Description
Elsie Garret Rice (1869-1959), she was listed in the 1891 census as an artist living as a visitor in Epsom, Surrey. She had studied at the Slade School of Art, London before teaching at Bedales. She and her twin brother had been born in Elton, Derbyshire and she went to school in West Bromwich. In 1901 she is recorded as living Hampstead and later in South Africa where she illustrated "Wild Flowers of the Cape of Good Hope" written by Robert Harold Compton.
From the collection of the Danish writer, critic, and collector, Georg Frederik Brøchner (1847-1933). Brøchner wrote many articles for The Studio and The International Studio.