Painting, Oil: A Garden Scene by Miss May Stratton
Entry/Object ID
P2907
Description
One oil painting depicting a garden scene, in the foreground is a blossoming apple tree; in the background is a flowering hedge and pedestal flower pot. The canvas was mounted on a piece of cardboard with five brass tacks. On one side of the board is a partial pencil illustration of a bouquet of flowers - on the other is a partial illustration of a woman bent over. Signed on bottom at proper right: "May Stratton".
Made/Created
Notes
Support: CANVAS
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
"May Stratton"
Notes
Signed on bottom at proper right: "May Stratton"
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Painting
Nomenclature Class
Art
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Painting, Painting, Furnishings
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Painting (visual work), Oil, Painting
Dimensions
Height
37.8 cm
Width
47 cm
Dimension Notes
Board: W 54.8 ; H 46
Research Notes
Notes
Result: Attributed
Flower Garden by May Stratton c.1930s. Miss May Stratton (1860 “ 1940) was a prominent local portrait and landscape painter, who, along with her sister Lily, exhibited many works in galleries and at local expositions.
