Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877-1958)
The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, All on a summer’s day
POA
Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933)
The Offering
Crayon; signed and labelled 'A wedding present to the Princess Royal (Countess of Har[e]wood) by the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour'
10 ½ x 7 ½ inches
£3,200
Provenance
JS Maas & Co. Ltd., London;
Estate of Holland Roberts Melson, Jr., New York
This drawing was part of a portfolio of pictures given to Princess Mary in February 1922 by the Royal Watercolour Society. Fellow contributors were John Singer Sargent, Sir George Clausen and Albert Goodwin. Principally a watercolourist, Bell also worked in oils and tempera, and designed stained glass windows, mosaics, and plaques throughout his career as a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement, and his works were often exhibited alongside Graham Robertson's own designs.
