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  • University College Liverpool: Kanthack Medal
  • Design for a pendant
  • Design for an Appliqué Panel
  • 'The Gift of Doves'
  • 'Girl with Butterflies'
  • 'Golden Heart'
  • Liverpool, 1900 - 1909
  • Design for a poster for the Liverpool Academy
  • 'Love in a Mist'

'Love in a Mist', James Herbert McNair

Floral fantasy family portrait with man, woman and baby

Watercolour on vellum
s. and d.b.l.: ‘J. Herbert MacNair – / – 06’
32.7 x 18.8 (12 15/16 x 7 3/8)
National Museums Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery)

A young family – perhaps the McNairs? – is shown in a sea of Nigella damascene, commonly known as 'Love in a Mist'.

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