Flower arrangement

A watercolour sketch by William Lionel Wyllie. An arrangement yellow and purple Scottish Sea Holly Thistles is featured at a diagonal slant. The flowers occupy the centre of the composition, while a pale silver wash has been applied to set the arrangement in an ethereal space. Empty outlines of other flowering plants are located to the right and underneath the arrangement, suggesting that the artist intended to fill out the composition with additional detail.

Object Details

ID: PAD0552
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 190 mm x 215 mm