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Scene in a picturesque cottage garden with three girls standing next to a running brook in the foreground. The timber-framed cottage, in the background, has various plants growing up its walls, with a small, semi-circular outhouse extending from the cottage on the left, on the walls of which hang several caught birds. A jug of flowers stands on the sill of an open, leaded, window on the right. The girl nearest the viewer, in a brown skirt, white blouse and red necktie, bends down to collect water from the brook in a small barrel. Behind her, a small girl has her arms around the legs of an older girl, who is seated on a the bank. The older girl is wearing a straw hat with a yellow neck tie and dark yellow skirt, and holds a posy of lilac flowers in her left hand.
Title
The Brook
Date
1874
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 77.5 x W 62.4 cm
Accession number
1934.400
Acquisition method
bequeathed by John Edward Yates, 1934
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Signed blc (mon) : BF