Beauty Receiving the White Rose by Joseph Southall

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Date:1898

Description:A pencil sketch for Joseph Southall’s largest easel painting, Beauty Receiving the White Rose from her Father, held in the collections of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The folk tale of Beauty and the Beast formed the subject matter of a number of Southall’s works. Here he shows the Beauty dramatically isolated in the centre of the composition, whilst a male figure, her Father, presents a rose to her.
Southall would alter or improve a design by gluing one sheet of paper on top of another. The composition as shown on the bottom sheet is very similar to the middle sheet and only depicts the scene to the left of the white rose around which the composition pivots. The middle sheet has Beauty’s father with a long beard, kneeling on the chest and looking in anguish to the viewer.

Southall lived at 13 Charlotte Road, Edgbaston which is on the cusp of the Woodview estate. He was a member of the Edgbaston Society of Friends and designed the Quakers' peace logo. He is one of Birmingham's celebrated local artists.

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Woodview Fine Art Edgbaston Drawings Charlotte Road 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period)

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Source: Mr Ron Butler , Mrs Gwen Hatton , Ms Angela Dyer , Mrs May Williams , Mr Arthur Sadler , Mrs Janet Abbotts , Ms Rose Pearson , Mrs Dolly Ray , Mrs Pamela Edwards , Mrs Betty Queen , Mr Ken Smith , Ms Julia Wagstaffe , Woodview Primary School , Ms Carol Woolley , St Thomas's School , E.R. Mason Youth Centre , Mr Bernard Allen , Mrs Gladys Russell , Mrs Pat Jones , Ms Angela Maloney , St Thomas Old Scholars , Mr Ken Bonham

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