"The flowers are dead"

  • Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990
Date:
28 April 1970
Reference:
2897672i
Part of:
Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2025: A woman wearing a mauve dress carries a basket of dead flowers. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.

Description

Drawing of a woman in a purple dress carrying a tray of flowers around her neck. Subject is inscribed on the front, probably by Edward Adamson, and creator's name and date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

Publication/Creation

28 April 1970

Physical description

1 painting watercolour on paper

Arrangement

Prior to Wellcome Collection, this work was stored in a folder on 1st floor, Reay House, Lambeth Hospital.

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

Subjects

Where to find it

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