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Begonia
HCO/1/4/2/1 · Item · 1919-1921
Part of Herbert Charles Osterstock

Folder, entitled 'Begonia' containing four paintings of begonias: 1. Small watercolour of a single red begonia flower, white centre, on white card glued onto brown card (9.5 x7.8 cm), inscribed in pencil '36/21, Sep 1921', signed 'HCO'. 2. Small watercolour of a two single begonia flowers (red, pink, yellow centres, on white card (10.9 x 7.9 cm), inscribed in pencil '64/19, Sep 1919. 3. Watercolour of two begonia sprigs, showing flowers, leaves and buds, pink double and red with yellow centres, on white card (26.3 x 17.8 cm), inscribed in pencil '68/19, Sep 6th 1919', signed 'HCO' by each flower. 4. Not Osterstock: watercolour [?] on white card (28.9 x 23.3 cm) of two begonia sprigs, orange red, inscribed '404/6' and signed 'C B B', possibly Caroline Beatrice Bateson (wife of William Bateson). Tissue paper covering has 'W Bateson's wife' in pencil, crossed out. No date, c 1919-21.