A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
Lovely exhibition at the Watts Gallery of work by Eleanor Fortesecue-Brickdale, often described as the last Pre-Raphaelite. By the end of Eleanor’s working life her style was quite old fashioned but the works were very delicate and engaging. A lot of her work was for book illustration and it was interesting to see the preparatory drawings and finished books together. There was also some lovely paintings such as a Renaissance style portrait Most interesting was a picture of Winifred Roberts who went on to become Winifred Nicholson, a real colliding of artistic worlds. This was the first time I had visited the Watts Gallery and I thought it was delightful and I’ll definitely be going back.