George Woolliscroft Rhead, Drawing of a Renaissance Garden
£1,980
A pen and ink drawing by George Woolliscroft Rhead (British, 1855-1920) showing elaborately dressed mediaeval figures in a garden, signed with a monogram (lower right).
Pen and ink on paper presented in an ebonised frame
Height 48 cm (19 inches) excluding frame
Width 67 cm (26.25 inches) excluding frame
English. Late 19th century
George Woolliscroft Rhead was born in North Staffordshire in 1855. His father was a talented pottery designer and George moved to London in 1871 to work for the Minton studio under the directorship of W. S. Coleman. He then gained a scholarship to study at the South Kensington School of Art. He studied painting under the Pre-Raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown, and etching under the French master Alphonse Legros. A painter, etcher, and designer of stained glass and ceramics, George Woolliscroft Rhead was a central figure of the English Arts and Crafts Movement. He was married twice, to Louise in 1894, and to the Scottish artist Annie French in 1914.
