Mother and Child Collecting Flowers

Item

Title

Mother and Child Collecting Flowers

Description

This piece shows a woman in a blue dress and white bonnet carrying scissors in one hand and a small basket full of flowers on her other arm. She stands, facing left, but looks back at a young girl in a yellow dress who is picking more flowers.

Creator

Bertha May Ingle

Date

c.1930: This is done in the style of Ingle's illustrations which she mostly did in the 1920s and 1930s. The signature containing "Maylaw" also seems to be used around 1930.

Format

Watercolour on paper

Identifier

0565

Source

BMIAA assets

Type

Genre/Illustration

Original Format

Watercolour

Physical Dimensions

16.5 x 13.5 inches

Media