Joseph Southall - Dicentra
Joseph Southall - Dicentra
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Joseph Edward Southall, RWS, NEAC, RSBA
(1861-1944)
Dicentra
Inscribed, dated and signed with monogram l.l.:
DIELETRA / BEAUCASTLE / 13.VI.1905 / JES
Watercolour and pencil, unframed
10 by 17 cm., 4 by 6 ¾ in.
Beaucastle was the home of Southall’s uncle, George Baker, the oldest brother of Eliza Maria Baker. A successful industrialist and Liberal politician he, was a friend of John Ruskin, becoming second master of the Guild of St George after Ruskin’s death. He acquired land at near Bewdley and commissioned Richard Doubleday to design Beaucastle, a major Arts & Crafts country house. Ruskin contributed to the designs which include four stained-glass windows by Burne-Jones.
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DicentraInscribed, dated and signed with monogram l.l.:DIELETRA / BEAUCASTLE / 13.VI.1905 / JESWatercolour and pencil, unframed10 by 17 cm., 4 by 6 ¾ in.Beaucastle was the home of Southall’s uncle, George Baker, the oldest brother of Eliza Maria Baker. A successful industrialist and Liberal politician he, was a friend of John Ruskin, becoming second master of the Guild of St George after Ruskin’s death. He acquired land at near Bewdley and commissioned Richard Doubleday to design Beaucastle, a major Arts & Crafts country house. Ruskin contributed to the designs which include four stained-glass windows by Burne-Jones.){kind=link}