William Henry Margetson R.I., R.M.S.(1861-1940) Watercolour.

A watercolour of a young girl in a cloche hat by William Henry Margetson. (1861-1940)
It is beautifully painted and suggests that it was painted around 1910.
There is some foxing especially at the top of the painting, but happily none on the painting itself. It certainly doesn't distract from the painting.
The actual painting measures 32cm X 22cm
Framed, it measures 49cm X 38cm

Margetson was born in London. He studied at Dulwich College, and later at the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1885 he first exhibited at the Royal Academy, and later also at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Grosvenor Gallery.
Margetson painted in oils and watercolours. He made his name with portraits of beautiful women, often with modern hairstyles and hats. He also created religious and allegorical artworks. To begin with he worked in an academic, Victorian style. Later he would use a looser brushstyle inspired by the post-impressionists and the pre-raphaelites, and in particular Lawrence Alma-Tadema. His most successful work was the classically decorative The Sea Hath its Pearls, which he exhibited in 1897 at the Royal Academy, now in the possession of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, in Australia.
A portrait of Alfred Tennyson by Margetson hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, London in London.
Margetson also worked as an illustrator of books. He was married to the artist Helen Hatton, who he met when they worked on an illustration project together. He lived and worked first in London and later in Blewbury and Wallingford. He died in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, in 1940, at the age of 78.
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