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Fayence – Robert Fabre Avenue
Read more: Fayence – Robert Fabre Avenueayence – Robert Fabre Avenue looking from Rue Maurice Astier as best as I can work out from my recollection and looking at Google maps. It was a particularly hazardous intersection especially on…..
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La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs draft
Read more: La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs draftThe working draft for La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs. Christine would often do a very quick sketch of a selected subject on location. Sometimes these draft pictures would be…..
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La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs
Read more: La Cueillette des Figues / Picking FigsLa Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs was part of a series of watercolours Christine painted to sell in her little gallery. It is another in…..
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Récolter des Figues / Fig Harvest draft
Read more: Récolter des Figues / Fig Harvest draftThe working draft for Récolter des Figues / Fig Harvest. Christine would often do a very quick sketch of a selected subject. Sometimes these draft pictures would be simple…..
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Récolter des Figues / Fig Harvest
Read more: Récolter des Figues / Fig HarvestRécolter des Figues / Fig Harvest was part of a series of watercolours Christine painted to sell in her little gallery. She decided that she needed to…..
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Le Lavoir / The Wash-House II
Read more: Le Lavoir / The Wash-House IIThe Wash-House or Le Lavoir II was painted in Bargemon, Var and appears to be a second take of this scene from village life. The first Le Lavoir watercolour is…..
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Le Lavoir / The Wash-House
Read more: Le Lavoir / The Wash-HouseThe Wash-House or Le Lavoir was painted in Bargemon, Var, where Christine first rented a flat/apartment when she emigrated to the South of France. She was fascinated and somewhat surprised that the local villagers still used the Lavoir to wash all their clothes, even in….
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Lady Emma Hamilton
Read more: Lady Emma HamiltonLady Emma Hamilton was one of only four miniatures that Christine painted. This is another portrait of a free spirited woman who lead a life outside the norms of society. Despite a humble beginning, Emma made good use of her…….
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Thomas Hardy
Read more: Thomas HardyThomas Hardy, poet and author, was one of only four miniatures that Christine painted. This was commissioned by her step-father, Oliver Butcher, who thought it would sell when he exhibited it in the lobby of the….
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Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
Read more: Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of SomersetGeorgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, was another of four miniatures that Christine painted. The subject was one more beautiful, intelligent and outspoken woman of her times…..