Helen Cordelia Angell RWS (1847-1884)

Helen Cordelia Angell RWS (1847-1884) Portrait of Master Jack Wentworth Angell, the artist's son, with a fishing net watercolour on buff paper 32 x 23cm Provenance: By descent within the family of the sitter. Helen Cordelia Angell was one of twelve children. She learned painting and drawing from her older brother, the painter and illustrator, William Stephen Coleman, and was awarded membership of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. Mrs Angell became Flower Painter to HM Queen Victoria in 1879 and held the position until her early death. Her painting 'Study of a Bird's Nest' was included in the 1905 book 'Women Painters of the World' and her work is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Condition Report: Overall: 47 x 37cm A little discolouration of the paper, mrore noticeable close to the mount. A small brown stain in the top right corner. The colours have faded a little. A very small indent and scratch to the paper to the right of the top of the chair. Possibly a light scuff under the boy's feet. Not viewed out of glazed frame.