Sea campion [Silene maritima]
Date
1917
Creator
Thomas Alan Stephenson (1898 - 1961, British) , Marine biologist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 315mm
width (painting): 245mm
height (frame): 430mm
width (frame): 360mm
width (painting): 245mm
height (frame): 430mm
width (frame): 360mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of three flowers of the Sea campion Silene maritima, presented with trompe-l'œil shadowing effect.
Signed and dated below in white watercolour ‘T.A.Stephenson 16.5.17’.
From the watercolour collection of Gordon Elliott Fogg, MS/911.
Thomas Alan Stephenson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951.
Signed and dated below in white watercolour ‘T.A.Stephenson 16.5.17’.
From the watercolour collection of Gordon Elliott Fogg, MS/911.
Thomas Alan Stephenson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951.
Object history
Bequeathed by Professor G.E. (Tony) Fogg FRS, received June 2005.
Associated place
Credit
©artist's estate
Image number
RS.10608