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Nr. 160 (June 1910)
DOI Artikel:Erskine, Steuart: The drawings of Lady Waterford
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0382
Lady Waterford's Drawings
T
HE DRAWINGS OF LADY It was in this, as in many other things, that she
WATERFORD BY MRS showed her strength. She was essentially modest
about her work, and although she devoted the
greater part of her life to her favourite pursuit,
STEUART ERSKINE.
The late Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, she was always keenly alive to her shortcomings,
a collection of whose water-colours was exhibited "I went to the Grosvenor (gallery) yesterday,"
last month at the resi- she writes in 1879, "I
dence of Countess »Af a was curious to see how
Brownlow in Carlton my drawings looked. I
House Terrace, occupies can only say these exhi-
a unique position ^jP BWk bitions are the best
amongst amateur artists. ,^B3g j^^Mltt. jk levellers i know; one
Gifted far above the mKmrnmrn Bk has 110 more illusions
average, qualified by her iK'Bm A aDout oneself and no
imaginative powers, her JB^BBEc^^^II m\ flatterers are of avail. I
fine sense of romposi- m see myself just an ama-
tion and her eye for MM WSmW t6Ur and 110 more' not
colour, to occupy a high H altogether bad, but not
position among contem- V^Hjg JHH g0°d> no, not good at
porary artists, she yet W jM WiBI a11 > and [t is the same
lacked the training W -M with all amateurs—there
which would have en- WJF is the difference-"
titled her to such a ^| H|||^^^^^r[^V So much for her own
claim. She herself was Srf^ opinion of her technique,
very far from putting it x*^' • With regard to the in-
foiward ; she recognised ^^^^^^^^^ tention of her work, she
the difference which louisa, marchioness of waterford takes higher ground,
must always exist be- &he admits that "she
tween the work of amateur and artist, and pro- had made an attempt in the right direction," and
tested strongly against any compaiison being made, here we touch on the secret spring of her ambition
"row of children" (from scrap book)
by louisa, marchioness of waterford
283
T
HE DRAWINGS OF LADY It was in this, as in many other things, that she
WATERFORD BY MRS showed her strength. She was essentially modest
about her work, and although she devoted the
greater part of her life to her favourite pursuit,
STEUART ERSKINE.
The late Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, she was always keenly alive to her shortcomings,
a collection of whose water-colours was exhibited "I went to the Grosvenor (gallery) yesterday,"
last month at the resi- she writes in 1879, "I
dence of Countess »Af a was curious to see how
Brownlow in Carlton my drawings looked. I
House Terrace, occupies can only say these exhi-
a unique position ^jP BWk bitions are the best
amongst amateur artists. ,^B3g j^^Mltt. jk levellers i know; one
Gifted far above the mKmrnmrn Bk has 110 more illusions
average, qualified by her iK'Bm A aDout oneself and no
imaginative powers, her JB^BBEc^^^II m\ flatterers are of avail. I
fine sense of romposi- m see myself just an ama-
tion and her eye for MM WSmW t6Ur and 110 more' not
colour, to occupy a high H altogether bad, but not
position among contem- V^Hjg JHH g0°d> no, not good at
porary artists, she yet W jM WiBI a11 > and [t is the same
lacked the training W -M with all amateurs—there
which would have en- WJF is the difference-"
titled her to such a ^| H|||^^^^^r[^V So much for her own
claim. She herself was Srf^ opinion of her technique,
very far from putting it x*^' • With regard to the in-
foiward ; she recognised ^^^^^^^^^ tention of her work, she
the difference which louisa, marchioness of waterford takes higher ground,
must always exist be- &he admits that "she
tween the work of amateur and artist, and pro- had made an attempt in the right direction," and
tested strongly against any compaiison being made, here we touch on the secret spring of her ambition
"row of children" (from scrap book)
by louisa, marchioness of waterford
283