Doves and Dreams
Doves and Dreams is organised in partnership with the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
27 January - 22 April 2007
Pencil, charcoal, watercolour, gold and silver paint
s. and d.b.: ‘J. HERBERT McNAIR / 1895’
48.0 x 40.5 (18 15/16 x 16)
University of Liverpool Art & Heritage Collections
This vibrant watercolour was illustrated together with watercolours by the Macdonalds in ‘The Yellow Book’, a progressive magazine then edited by Aubrey Beardsley.
London was taking note of the young artists’ work.
It carried the caption: 'The very shadows in the cave worshipped her / the little waves threw themselves at her feet / and kissed them'. The text and title appear to be of McNair’s invention.