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Valpy and his wife in a late 17th-century house in the Cathedral close at Winchester. The drawing room is an early example of the taste for 'decorating with antiques' which is still current today. Real and reproduction Georgian furniture is mixed with 'Art Furniture'  (including an Indian table in a North African/Islamic style of the type sold at Liberty's. A similar table is displayed in the British Galleries - museum no. E.222-1955) and easy chairs (probably mid-Victorian) disguised under chintz covers, all set on a splendid rug. Also a reflection of the same taste for the 18th century is the large collection of ceramics, on open display and in neo-rococo cabinets.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Very little is known about the artist, except that she lived in Winchester when these watercolours were painted and normally specialised in architectural subjects.","physicalDescription":"One of four drawings recording the interiors of the house of Canon A.S. 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The drawing room here shows the taste for decorating with antiques, using real and reproduction Georgian furniture mixed with 'Art Furniture'.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Corfe, Beatrice Olive","id":"A8284"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"watercolour","id":"x33202"}],"techniques":[{"text":"watercolour drawing","id":"x37878"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Watercolour on paper","categories":[{"text":"Interiors","id":"THES48933"},{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2019MJ9480","2006AV0072"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"W","shelf":"111","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"painting","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Winchester","id":"x32674"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"made"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1900","earliest":"1895-01-01","latest":"1904-12-31"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Mrs Henry G. 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Watercolour depicting the Drawing Room at No. 3, The Close, Winchester","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 </u> London: HMSO, 1963"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"drawing room","id":"AAT4417"},{"text":"Table","id":"x31811"},{"text":"Chairs","id":"AAT37772"},{"text":"Carpet","id":"AAT185756"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis watercolour shows the popularity of mixing authentic and reproduction 18th-century furniture with fashionable contemporary furniture like the upright piano and the small Indian table. The light colours and airy atmosphere  were a marked shift from the dark tones popular a few years earlier. Ceramics formed an important element in the decoration of such rooms.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["E.222-1955"],"accessionNumberNum":"222","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1955,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR2127","2019LP8435","2019LU0664"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-19","recordCreationDate":"1999-12-15","availableToBook":false}}