Shirley Markham Collection (#4)

The Scarlet Pastorale, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Scarlet Pastorale, 1894. A masked ball, with a man dressed as Harlequin in the foreground, First published in The Sketch for 10 April 1895. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Frontispiece for Juvenal, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Frontispiece for Juvenal, 1894. An elderly woman is just glimpsed between the curtains of a sedan chair carried by monkeys. From The Yellow Book, Vol. IV

Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, III, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, III, 1894. Figures on stage, with cymbals player, piper, conductor and drummer in the orchestra pit. From The Yellow Book, Vol. I

Design for a Yellow Book Cover, 1894-1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Design for a Yellow Book Cover, 1894-1895. A woman holding a muff looks at a pile of books: Story of Venus and Tannhauser, Discords, Shakespeare, The Yellow Book, Dickens. This design was not used

The Oyster Woman, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Oyster Woman, c1780-1825. Rowlandson, by nature and through his interests, was constantly in touch with his surroundings

Discomforts of an Epicure, 1787. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Discomforts of an Epicure, 1787. According to available descriptions of Rowlandson, this is a self-portrait, of course exaggerated

Taking a Mean Advantage, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Taking a Mean Advantage, c1780-1825. A man leers at his female companions thigh which is revealed as she climbs over a gate

The Suicide, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Suicide, c1780-1825. This is one of the few drawings of Rowlandsons where humor is not dominant. However, the sincerity of the wife, who has collapsed

The Parsonage, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Parsonage, c1780-1825. This drawing of The Parsonage is vigorous, emphatic, and one might say brilliant in Rowlandsons best manner

Mr. Bannister and Miss Orser, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Mr. Bannister and Miss Orser, c1780-1825. John Bannister was born at Deptford [London], May 12, 1760. He was the son of Charles Bannister, noted English actor

Market Place, Cornwall, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Market Place, Cornwall, c1780-1825. " Market Place, Cornwall" is of the essence of Rowlandsons village-scene subjects

Home from Sea, 1856-1863. Creator: Arthur Hughes
Home from Sea, 1856-1863. This work was originally exhibited as The Mothers Grave : a boy in sailors uniform weeps over the grave of his mother who has died while he was at sea

The fair near the village church, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The fair near the village church, c1780-1825. The absolute balance, arrangement, and rightness of the masses in shadow and light in relation to the line, with alternating weight and delicacy

Jealousy, the Rival, 1803. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Jealousy, the Rival, 1803. Does not this drawing with its foreground arrangement of profoundly expressive figures become something greater than the subject might suggerst

Country Scene in Cumberland, 1805. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Country Scene in Cumberland, 1805. This scene with rustic cottage perched high in difficult and interesting terrain finds Rowlandson in a strongly masculine mood

Posting in Germany, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Posting in Germany, c1780-1825. Travellers outside an inn....we can see Rowlandson devoting himself to experimentation with chiaroscuro to discover to what degree

Colonel Seaham, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Colonel Seaham, late 18th-early 19th century. An outstanding example of Rowlandsons portraiture is here illustraited in " Colonel Seaham"

The Rivals, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Rivals, c1780-1825. These two young men, one a dashing young officer, the other a gallant but unattractive adventurer, are displaying their simulated affections to the complacent rich dowager

Suitors, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Suitors, c1780-1825. In " Suitors" we find one of the subjects drawn from Rowlandsons imagination, a source which was inexhaustible

The Village Fair, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Village Fair, c1780-1825. " Buy a song, one penny..." - one of the street cries in England during Rowlandsons time

The Return of the Dove to the Ark, 1850. Creator: John Everett Millais
The Return of the Dove to the Ark, 1850. Scene from the Old Testament story of Noahs Ark: a dove, bearing an olive branch, returns to the Ark

Market Day, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Market Day, c1780-1825. It is interesting to note Rowlandsons love of drawing animals, especially horses and dogs. They give life and naturalness to his market and tavern scenes

A wig shop, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A wig shop, c1780-1825. The two old ladies examining a girlish headdress displayed by the wigmaker are delightfully satisfied with the model, if one can judge from their expressions

The Pretty Bar Maid, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Pretty Bar Maid, c1780-1825. In Rowlandsons work, on the one hand, there is a delicate delineation of exaggerated commonplaceness and, on the other, sensitive realism

The Black Cape, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Black Cape, 1893. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

The Woman in the Moon, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Woman in the Moon, 1893. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

The Kiss of Judas, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Kiss of Judas, 1893. From the " Pall Mall" magazine, July 1893. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

Front cover of "The Best of Beardsley", 1948. Creator: Unknown
Front cover of " The Best of Beardsley", 1948. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

The Gordon Highlanders: Captain and Subaltern officer with the Kings Colours, 1933. British Army soldiers in traditional Scottish kilts, with the Union Jack flag

The Gordon Highlanders, 1936. Creator: Percy Frederick Seaton Spence
The Gordon Highlanders, 1936. Scottish regiment lowering the Union flag as the royal carriage passes along Constitution Hill in London. In the distance is the Wellington Arch

Vancouvers Kitsilano Boys Band, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Vancouvers Kitsilano Boys Band, c1935. Canadian Champions Toronto 1931, Pacific Northwest & B. C. [British Columbia] Champions 1931-32-33-34. First Prize Winners Worlds Fair Chicago 1933. Arthur W

Good Luck from Pitlochry, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Good Luck from Pitlochry, 1930s. Souvenir of the Scottish town of Pitlochry, child wearing a kilt and holding a bunch of lucky heather

All Joy on your Birthday, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
All Joy on your Birthday, 1930s

Schwarzwaldhotel Waldlust, Freudenstadt, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Schwarzwaldhotel Waldlust, Freudenstadt, 1936. View of the Hotel Waldlust in the Black Forest, Freudenstadt, Germany. In its heydey

Birthday Greetings, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Birthday Greetings, 1933. Bluebirds on a branch of blossom, with poem

Longueville House, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, c1950. Creator: Unknown
Longueville House, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, c1950. View of Longueville House, a 300-year-old Georgian country house in the Blackwater Valley in the south west of Ireland

Lausanne, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Lausanne, 1930s. View of the capital city of Switzerland on Lake Leman, with the Jura Mountains beyond

Dog and small boy, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Dog and small boy, 1930s

With best Easter Wishes, 1932. Creator: Unknown
With best Easter Wishes, 1932. Ducklings and eggs in a basket of flowers

All Joy on your Birthday, 1935. Creator: Unknown
All Joy on your Birthday, 1935. Embossed card with daffodils and poem

Clare Bridge, Cambridge, 1940s? Creator: Stearn
Clare Bridge, Cambridge, 1940s. Clare College Bridge over the river Cam is the oldest still functioning bridge in Cambridge. It was built in 1639-40 by Thomas Grumbold

Have you forgotten me?, 1934. Creator: Florence E Valter
Have you forgotten me?, 1934. Souvenir of Strathpeffer in Scotland

Easter Greetings, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Easter Greetings, 1930s. Angels kneeling before a glowing Holy Grail within a crucifix

Centre Parade and Wish Tower, Eastbourne, 1935. Creator: Unknown
Centre Parade and Wish Tower, Eastbourne, 1935. View of the seafront at the popular resort of Eastbourne on the Sussex coast

Cwm Donkin Park, Swansea, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Cwm Donkin Park, Swansea, 1936. Tennis courts at Cwmdonkin Park which was opened in 1874

Bags of Luck from Eastbourne, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Bags of Luck from Eastbourne, 1932. Handbags - souvenir of Eastbourne on the south coast

"For Auld Lang Syne"from Aberdeen, 1933. Creator: Unknown
" For Auld Lang Syne" from Aberdeen, 1933. Scottish terriers

Gimblet Rock and Lifeboat House, Pwllheli, North Wales, 1934. Creator: Unknown
Gimblet Rock and Lifeboat House, Pwllheli, North Wales, 1934

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"Shirley Markham: A Surreal Journey through Time and Imagination" Step into the surreal world of Shirley Markham, a visionary artist whose creations transport us to otherworldly realms. In her 1952 masterpiece "Surreal Study, " Markham invites us to delve into the depths of our subconscious, challenging our perceptions and expanding our minds. In "Dante and Virgil with Three-Headed Monster" from 1951, Markham captures the essence of Dante's Inferno, bringing to life the epic struggle between good and evil. Her attention to detail is impeccable as she depicts this iconic scene with haunting beauty. Transporting us back in time, "Picnic" from the 1950s evokes nostalgia for simpler days spent outdoors amidst nature's embrace. Markham's brushstrokes capture the joyous atmosphere of carefree moments shared with loved ones. While some works bear an unknown creator like "Buchanan Castle, East Front" from 1933 or "Basilica and River Gave, Lourdes" from the 1930s, it is clear that they share a similar aesthetic sensibility with Shirley Markham's oeuvre. These pieces seamlessly blend architectural grandeur with natural landscapes, leaving viewers captivated by their timeless allure. Markham's talent extends beyond painting; she also pays homage to artistic icons such as Aubrey Beardsley in her c1893 creation immortalized by Frederick Hollyer. This tribute showcases her ability to honor past masters while infusing her own unique style. Intriguingly contrasting themes emerge within Markham's body of work. From delicate dead plants on a windowsill in 1952 to vibrant houses in Hampstead circa 1950 – each piece tells its own story while collectively forming a mesmerizing narrative about life’s transient beauty. Markham takes us on an enchanting journey through different cultures and eras.