"Basket of Flowers"

c. 1830

Maker

Mary Gaw Janvier Robeson (1811-1834)

Measurements

Frame, 7-1/4 in x 6-5/8 in x 3/4 in; picture, 6 in x 5-1/2 in

Materials

Watercolor on paper

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation

Accession Number

1975.27

Condition Notes

The picture has darkened from exposure to light.

Provenance

Ex coll. Margaret Janvier Hort.

Comments

The precisely rendered watercolor picture on cream-colored paper shows a basket of flowers:  a large rose, rose buds, pansies, and green leaves arranged in a strap-handled basket.  The basket stands on a platform.  The picture is framed in a late-19th-century black frame with incised decoration picked out in tan on the front.

Margaret Janvier Hort (1899-1981), the collector and preserver of Janvier-family papers and artifacts, identified the artist as Mary Gaw Janvier, a daughter of Thomas and Mercy Janvier of New Castle, Delaware.  Mary married John Lewden Robeson (1804-1867).