Gertrude Ellen Burrard – Freshwater, Isle of Wight / Three Watercolours

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Watercolours x3 of Freshwater, Isle of Wight including, “A Cave”, inscribed Freshwater by G. E. Burrard, in pencil, verso. “A Jetty”, (no inscriptions) and “A Cove with Standing Rock”. Signed G E Burrard (lower left) and inscribed, Freshwater by G. E. Burrard, in pencil, verso.

Cave: 11 1/8 x 15 1/4 in. (28.3 x 39 cm.)
Jetty: 9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (24.8 x 35 cm.) Foxed
Cove: 10 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (27.5 x 39.2 cm.)

Provenance: Part of the Burrard family collection of watercolours, including pictures of India and the Isle of Wight by Colonel, Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard 7th Baronet, KCSI, FRS (1860-1943) and his wife Gertrude Ellen Burrard (1860-1928). Also in the collection is a watercolour depicting the “London” and the “Marengo,” attributed to Admiral Sir Charles Burrard (1793-1870) and a Portrait engraving of The Rev. Sir George Burrard, BT (1769-1856), Royal Chaplain to Queen Victoria. We also have other family related prints and portraits.

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Burrard, Gertrude Ellen (later Lady Gertrude) (1860–1928)

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Sidney G Burrard was born on the Isle of Wight and in April 1887 married Miss Gertrude Ellen Haig, elder daughter of Major-General C. T. Haig, R.E., who was at that time Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey. General Haig was of the family of the Haigs of Bemersyde. Field-Marshal Lord Haig was the son of his first cousin.

Gertrude accompanied her husband, an Indian Army officer, throughout the Indian subcontinent during his tenure as Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India. As an amateur artist, she recorded the people and places that she encountered and exhibited her paintings for many years in India.

Published: An Amateur Artist in India – A Collection of Paintings by Gertrude Lady Burrard, 1929. Country Life Ltd, 20 Tavistock Street, London W.C.2

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Burrard, Gertrude Ellen (later Lady Gertrude) (1860–1928)

Gertrude Ellen Burrard accompanied her husband, Sidney Burrard, an Indian Army officer, throughout the Indian subcontinent during his tenure as Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India. As an amateur artist, she recorded the people and places that she encountered and exhibited her paintings for many years in India.

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