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F is for Flower Girl
Nicholson, William Newzam Prior, 1898, Wood cut
F is for Flower Girl
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Item no
23651
Title
F is for Flower Girl
Description
A girl holding a basket of flowers stands in a cobbled street. She is wearing a long dress and a bonnet. The basket of red flowers rests on a strap around her neck and she holds out single flowers to passersby.
Reproduced by kind permission of (c) Desmond Banks.
Artist / maker
Nicholson, William Newzam Prior
Date
1898
Size
24.5 x 19.5 cm
Type
Wood cut
Location
Art and Design Library
'An Alphabet', a series of woodcut prints, was executed by William Nicholson in 1897 and published in 1898. The first image in the series of alphabet illustrations is in fact, a self portrait of the artist. At the age of 25, Nicholson self-deprecatingly said he 'was an Artist'. Of the series, A and D were the pieces submitted for approval by William Heinemann. Each woodblock was valued at £5, and 6p for each of the impressions which were hand-coloured. The flower girl's rosy cheeks are intended to represent blooms.
Along with a woodcut of Queen Victoria made in 1897, 'An Alphabet' served to establish Nicholson's public reputation as an artist. He went on, after 1900, to concentrate on portrait and landscape painting, but his work as a printmaker continues to be highly regarded.
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An Alphabet by William Nicholson
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