Wisteria Gallery

Wisteria

Watercolour on board of a scene in the gardens at Dyffryn House, South Wales by Edith Helena Adie. Adie was born in London and studied at the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy. She was a member of the New Watercolour Society specialising in landscapes and garden views. Adie also lived and painted in Bordighera, Italy. Her paintings of the gardens at Dyffryn House designed by Thomas Mawson in 1906, were commissioned by the owner Reginald Cory (1871-1934) a passionate gardener and benefactor to horticultural causes. This painting is dated as finished 30th May 1923

Murphy Street in Wangaratta

Murphy Street in Wangaratta, the city's main street that was once on the Hume Highway until a bypass was completed in 1994. Northeastern Victoria, Australia

Awnings, Cities, Pavement, Regional Centre, Scene, Shade, Urban, Vine, Wisteria

Japan - A famous wisteria in bloom

Hand coloured slide showing people gathered on a bridge over water and wisteria blooms in the foreground and side. Part of Box 157 Japan Boswell Collection. Slide number 7 WISTERIA , a vine, is sacred in Japan, where its purple or blue flowers are more honoured than the white. Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

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