Name/Title
Among the RosesEntry/Object ID
GHS 1096Description
Watercolor on paper with double matting, interior mat is gold, exterior is brownish-green. Dark colored wood frame with series of incised lines. Scene shows young girl placed near center of composition. She wears a white dress, stockings and shoes and has both arms lifted, placing a rose in her reddish/brown hair. She stands on a clear path with trees behind her, rose bushes to her left and grass all around her. By George Cochran Lambdin (1830-1896).Artwork Details
Medium
watercolor on paper, glass, woodMade/Created
Artist
Lambdin, George CochranNotes
Author: Lambdin, George CochranDimensions
Height
24-3/4 inWidth
28-3/4 inDepth
3/4 inRelationships
Related Publications
Publication
Widner, Ruth Irwin. The Lambdins of Philadelphia: Newly Discovered Works, The Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, 2002. p. 23Provenance
Notes
Label from back of frame reads, "This watercolor was painted by George Lambdin. It is his sister taken as she walked through the old garden at their home on Price Street, Germantown by him in 1876. From Mrs. D.E. Williams, Bala., April 17, 1936."
GHS True Accession Book #1096, "Painting of Sister in Garden by George Lambdin. Presented by Mrs. D.E. Williams - Bala. April 17, 1936."