Painting, oil on canvas, of flower arrangement in a green sanded majolica vase with a fluted neck and an applied rose, standing on a table or plinth. The flowers are varieties typically painted by Bradbury and are listed on the back in Bradbury's hand: Geradia, Cardinal Flower, Jewel Weed, and Aster. A a red-spotted beetle is crawling up the neck of the base. The background is an interior setting with a stone-colored wall, slightly darker panelled wainscotting with chair rail below, and the dark brown table which appears to have painted graining. The brightly colored flowers are in marked contrast to the neutral background. The painting is on a coarse canvas nailed to the sides of the stretchers. It is unframed.
The canvas is punctured on the right side, two inches down fromt he top. The canvas is dulled with age and possibly dirt. Canvas is nailed to a board.
Purchased from Hapmoore Antiques and Auctions
Artwork Details
Medium
Canvas, Oil
Made/Created
Artist
Bradbury, Gibeon Elden (1833-1904)
Date made
1889
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Location
On front, lower right
Front lower right and back stretcher
Transcription
On front on the molding in paint: "G E B 89" or "G E B '89"
On back in pencil top stretcher: "89" "By G E Bradbury - Hollis Me"
Also on back of canvas center bottom in ink in Bradbury's hand: "Geradia./ Cardinal flower/ Jewel Weed./ Aster."
On bottom stretcher is a corner of a "jelly label" printed in red on white with an inverted "4" in ink.
Language
English
Notes
Maker´s Mark: All writing with the probable exception of the "4" on the affixed jelly label is in Gibeon E. Bradbury's hand.
Signed Name: G E B 89
