1912 Photogravure Garden Door George Frederic Watts Limnerslease Flowers XADA9 OL2 Mary II of England

Mary II of England

The painting depicts Mignon

a favorite of little redheaded children everywhere

Sitka Spruce

This is an original 1936 color print ad for the Gulf Oil Corporation and Gulf Refining Company

1912 Photogravure Garden Door George Frederic Watts Limnerslease Flowers XADA9 OL2 Mary II of EnglandThis is an original 1912 black and white photogravure of the garden doorway from the house that Watts and his new wife, Mary Fraser Tytler, bought and named "Limnerslease," which combined the words "limner" (artist) with "leasen" (glean.) They also built the Watts Gallery nearby which was a museum dedicated to his work the first (and now the only) purpose built gallery in Britain devoted to a single artist which opened shortly before his death.