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Original Watercolour For Oscar Wilde’s The Star Child 17. Under A Chestnut Tree From A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde KING, Jessie Marion [1915]. Original ink and watercolour, heightened in gold, on paper. 20cm x 25cm. Signed in full to the lower right hand corner. In fine, clean condition. [42863] £12,500 A striking painting with a distinctive Glasgow feel. Below the image, in the artist’s trademark stylised lettering, is the legend’ “And being weary she sat down under a chestnut tree to rest.” LITERATURE: A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde (Methuen, 1915), opposite p.142.
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