Lilium Auratum

John Frederick Lewis

Signed and dated 1871

Watercolour lightened with white

21 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches

Provenance: William Quilter; Sir Cuthbert Quilter, and by descent to Sir Anthony Quilter

Another version of this subject in oil is in the Birmingham City Art Gallery.

  • Orientalist painters
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