Pair of Antique Company School Botanical Watercolours of Fruit
£2,400
A fine pair of Company School watercolours of fruit, one showing a branch with cherries and the other of two peaches on a branch. Presented mounted and in giltwood frames
Height 49 cm (19 inches)
Width 39 cm (15.25 inches) framed
late 18th/early 19th century
Botanical watercolours were produced by various artists in the employment of the East India Company from around 1760 through to the early 19th Century. These were know as Company school, and proved extremely popular with their English audience who revelled in the mystique of the sub-continent.
