James Bolton (1735-1799)
James Bolton (1735-1799)

Narcissus x medioluteus (Primrose Peerless)

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James Bolton (1735-1799)
Narcissus x medioluteus (Primrose Peerless)
signed 'James Bolton/at Halifax.' (lower centre) and inscribed 'From the Flower blown in a Room March y. 23'rd. 1785' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, within the artist's lined border, watermark Strasburg lily over 'GR'
20 x 13 in. (50.9 x 35 cm.)

拍品专文

Bolton rarely dated his work. The date on the present watercolour, however, is clearly important as it records when the flower bloomed. Blown is an archaic form of 'bloomed'.