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The image shows a potted plant with white and pink flowers on a wooden table. The colors include dark green leaves, pink and white flowers, a gray pot, and brown tones from the table and background. In the foreground, there is a blue cloth and some loose petals on the table's edge. Additionally, a ball and two shuttlecocks are visible on the left side of the table.
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The image shows a potted plant with white and pink flowers on a wooden table. The colors include dark green leaves, pink and white flowers, a gray pot, and brown tones from the table and background. In the foreground, there is a blue cloth and some loose petals on the table's edge. Additionally, a ball and two shuttlecocks are visible on the left side of the table.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Potted Fuchsia with Children's Toys

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Date
1877
Medium
watercolor
Dimensions
overall: 34 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2013.101.2
Credit line
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • botanical
Provenance

Private collection; (Stoppenbach & Delestre Ltd., London); Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dyke, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2010; NGA purchase in 2013.

Inscription

signed and dated in brush and white watercolor at lower left: h'harpignies 77; dedicated by the artist in pen and brown ink at lower right: à ma chère belle soeur.

NGA object ID 151036. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.