ENGLISH SCHOOL
'ALL WORDLY JOYUES GO LESSE' 1889
£693
Auction: Lots 1 to 336 | 16th October at 10am
Description
watercolour and gouache, inscribed ALL WORDLY JOYUES GO LESSE/ TO THE ONE JOY OF DOING KINDNESSES, 44.5cm x 80.5cm (frame size 48cm x 84cm); together with a companion by the same hand, watercolour and gouache, indistinctly inscribed after William Blake JOYS UPON OUR BRANCHES SIT/ CHIRPING LOUD AND SINGING SWEET/ LIKE GENTLE STREAMS BENEATH OUR FEET/ INNOCENCE AND VIRTUE MEET, signed with monogram and dated 1889, 45.5cm x 81cm (frame size 48cm x 84cm) (2)
Provenance
Provenance: Estate of the late Dr. Susan Beattie