This enormous watercolour
(256.5 cm by 386cm) was commissioned by the Art Gallery Purchase
Committee. It was completed & first exhibited in the gallery
1n 1891. The artist was paid £2000.00, & had worked on the canvass
for intermittently three years. His wife Geogiana said that its
commission by the artists own home town was a source of satisfaction
to him. The design was later used by Morris & Co as a tapestry.
The artist met William Morris at Exeter College Oxford, & they
became lifelong friends & associates.
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print on canvas from Illusions Gallery
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