1849
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Sketches of Italian Maiolica. is a 1849 watercolor by Charles Fairfax Murray, a Romanticism work, depicting Jug, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows six jugs drawn in watercolor, each with two handles and painted in blue and white. Some jugs have simple patterns like stripes or dots, while others show more detailed designs—one has a deer, another a cross, and a third looks like a building. The colors are mostly blue, white, and a bit of brown or red, and the jugs sit against a plain background. These aren’t real jugs but a study of shapes and decorations, likely copied from real Italian pottery. The artist focused on the shapes and patterns, not the details of the background. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more original pieces like these.
The artwork consists of watercolour sketches depicting Italian maiolica vases, characterized by blue and red detailing on a white background. Seven vases are arranged across the page, with two at the top, three in the middle, and two at the bottom, each accompanied by its height measurement written in pencil.
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Charles Fairfax Murray (30 September 1849 – 25 January 1919) was a British painter, dealer, collector, benefactor, and art historian who was connected with the second wave of the Pre-Raphaelites.
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