“Painted while the artist and his family were on holiday at Eastbourne in 1900. The woman was a flower girl whom they met regularly every morning on their way down to the beach; she consented to sit to Shannon in her ordinary working clothes and is shown nursing her baby. The artist’s daughter Kitty (op. cit.) recalls that her father told the flower girl to come ‘exactly as you are, baby, basket of flowers, the white blouse with the big black spots and old battered straw hat’.”
Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II, accessed from Tate.org.UK
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So beautiful. Thank you ❤️💖🙏🤗
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My pleasure, Aladin! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 🙂❤️
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Turning the ordinary into something extraordinary. Lovely.
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Portraits of mothers and children always delight me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Rosaliene. 🙂
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Love the dappled light coming through the tree.
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I love those dapples, too, Chris. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 🙂
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Thank you again, Sunnyside, for cheering me up! Beautiful portrait!! Adorable baby!!💖
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My pleasure, always! Have a lovely evening, Susan. 🙂
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That is one super cute baby. 😍
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I never met a baby I didn’t love! lol 😍
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Yes, and they were designed to function exactly like that. 😁
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Yes! (what a good plan!) ❤️🙂
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