{"product_id":"an-allegorical-watercolour","title":"An allegorical watercolour","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-excerpt\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1778673269645_122\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eA most unusual watercolour possibly depicting a mother and child surrounded by symbolic elements. Inscribed in pencil below “the fabled infancy of a poet”. There is monogram in the left hand corner possibly TB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eEngland circa 1920\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eFramed : Height 14 inches width 18 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"486\"\u003eThis allegorical watercolour depicting a seated female figure beside a reclining child within an imagined pastoral landscape animated by symbolic and dreamlike elements is executed in a rich yet softly blended palette. The composition combines expressive draughtsmanship with a distinctly poetic sensibility, balancing figuration with decorative abstraction in a manner evocative of early 20th-century Symbolist and Neo-Romantic painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"896\"\u003eAbove the child appear fantastical airborne forms, while the surrounding landscape is populated with architectural and natural motifs suggestive of imagination, memory, and artistic inspiration. The inscription beneath, \u003cem data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"741\"\u003e“The Fabled Infancy of a Poet,”\u003c\/em\u003e reinforces the work’s literary and allegorical character, implying a meditation on creativity, innocence, and the formative power of myth and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1163\"\u003eThe watercolour bears a monogram lower left, possibly “TB,” though the artist remains unidentified. The composition possesses an intriguingly personal and visionary quality, characteristic of the more experimental currents in British art during the interwar period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Collection TH30","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53716976107857,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/5873\/5185\/files\/Generated-with_Kive.ai_-_in_studio__seamless_gray_background._High_end.png?v=1778185297","url":"https:\/\/nicholaswells.com\/products\/an-allegorical-watercolour","provider":"Nicholas Wells Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}