"Scottish Flowers" (Thistle)

"Scottish Flowers" (Thistle)

Watercolor

Realism. The date of attribution is c. 1870
One of two-panel matte with Bluebells (1980.41)

For more information on Agnes Jeffrey, see collection description.

Old Accession Number: J-2D-JEFFREY-A-3.

Agnes Jeffrey (1806-1896)

Gift in 1971 from Virginia Jeffrey Smith of East Avenue, Rochester, NY, grand niece of Agnes Jeffrey. Part of the "Art of Four Generations of Jeffrey Family Women" exhibit sponsored by the College from June 27th to July 18th, 1976 at the Brodie Fine Arts Gallery Also shown in "The Genteel Pastime: 19th Century Watercolors by the Ladies of the Jeffrey Family" at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester from December 9, 1988 to February 26, 1989.

Virgina Jeffrey Smith

1980

Geneseo Foundation

Jeffrey Collection 1980.40-1980.57

7.5" x 6"

English

watercolor on paper

1980.42

c. 1870