Description
pen and ink and watercolour, signed lower right JESSIE M. KING and bearing inscription AND BEING WEARY SHE SAT DOWN UNDER A CHESTNUT TREE TO REST
Dimensions
24cm x 19cm
Footnote
Note: Jessie King illustrated an edition of Oscar Wilde’s 'A House of Pomegranates' for Methuen in 1915. First published in 1891, 'A House for Pomegranates' was a collection of fairy stories written to follow 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales', published in 1888. King's illustrations signify a stylistic departure for the artist, whose previous work has been more tonally subdued in previous work.