A Watercolour Study of a Gothic Ruined Abbey c.1900 sub-Religion & Relics and looking directly out to

and looking directly out to the viewer

Maiolica is a technique developed in Italy in the 14th century where a terracotta body is covered by a glaze which includes tin oxide to give an opaque white ground

The background is hand-painted

Germany and England

Now all it needs is some fish

A Watercolour Study of a Gothic Ruined Abbey c.1900 sub-Religion & Relics and looking directly out toOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 The Study: 13. 5 high x 9. 5 wide The Whole in Frame: 16. 25 high x 12. 5 wide The very well executed study in watercolours, of a medieval abbey, gothic monastery or church ruin, depicted at eventide, with rolling hills and trees to the background with the sun setting, presented its original gilded frame and signed F radley (?) lower left, the whole being glazed, and surviving