Still-life of Primulas and Butterflies on a Ledge

Still-life of Primulas and Butterflies on a Ledge

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Augusta Innes Withers (1792-1877)
Still-life of Primulas and Butterflies on a ledge

Watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic
35.3 by 27 cm., 13 ¾ by 10 ½ in.

Withers was the daughter of a Gloucestershire vicar who was chaplain to the Prince Regent. She was flower painter to Queen Adelaide and later Queen Victoria and also worked for the botanist Sir William Hooker.

Dimensions:

Height 35.3 cm / 1' 2"
Width 27 cm / 10 "