Sir John Gilpin

Location

Country: USA
City: Boston
Place: British Consulate-General

Charles Green produced genre and historical subjects in oil and watercolour. He lived in North London throughout his career. Green was elected a member the New Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1867. He made drawings for the illustrated newspaper ‘The Graphic’ and the periodical ‘Once a Week’, and also made book illustrations, including designs for ‘Robin Hood’ and novels by Charles Dickens. His best known work is probably ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me’ (1886, Leicester Museums and Galleries). Green’s elder brother, H. Towneley Green (1836-1899), was also a watercolour painter and illustrator. A large sale of the works of Charles Green and his brother was held at Christie’s, London, in 1900.

Places

Subjects

vase (as Subject), painting (as Subject), print (as Subject), conversation piece, male portrait, genre, illustration/graphic, boy, 19th century costume, boots, breeches, helmet, glove, family, basket, mirror, son, mother, sword, soldier, domestic interior, cabinet, table cloth, carpet, chair

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Charles Green (1840 - 1898)

Title

Sir John Gilpin

Date

1890

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 24.00 cm, width: 34.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Gilbert Davis, July 1964

Inscription

Sdbl: C Green / 1890

GAC number

1774