The Garden Seat
Kate Greenaway’s work looks back to an idyllically happy childhood. Her work dwells on the nature of a child’s experience whilst looking back to the visual styles and fashions of the past. Her nostalgic depiction of children captured the Victorian imagination. This is reflected in the resurgence in popularity of 18th century dress such as bonnets, smocks, frocks, aprons, ribbons and bonnets in which she clothed the children depicted in her work.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 62/1924/111
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Collector Excavator
- Veitch, Sir Harry James (from the collection of)
- Medium
- watercolour on thick card
- Common Name
- The Garden Seat
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- K Greenaway; Royal Commission International Fine-Arts Exhibition Rome 1911 British section Board of Trade (Exhibitions branch) 30 Broadway London SW; Franco British Exhibition London 1908 British Fine Art Section - ISIDORE - ELMANN
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Kate
- Production Person Surname
- Greenaway
- Production Year Low
- 1892
- Production Year High
- 1898
