hildegardavon: Glyn Philpot, 1884-1937The Mermaid, ca.1902/03, watercolour, gouache and pencil
hildegardavon: Glyn Philpot, 1884-1937The Mermaid, ca.1902/03, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, 21x7.5 cmPrivate Collection Philpot created The Mermaid aged just eighteen and it reveals both his natural ability as draughtsman as well as the early and varied influences that he was beginning to absorb whilst at the school. Charles Rickett and Charles Shannon, two older students who had studied at Lambeth in 1882 and who would go on to collaborate with one another on the magazine. (Sotheby’s) -- source link