Bowl of Flowers, (painting).

Bowl of Flowers, (painting).

Trimble, Rebecca, b. 1822, painter.

Bowl of Flowers, (painting).

16 1/8 x 22 in. (41 x 56 cm.)

Theorem painting on white velvet. Footed bowl used for vase painted in contour stripes of red, yellow, blue, brown, pink. Flowers of various types arranged in bowl. Bowl stands on green support with three blue and yellow "johnny-jump-ups" on either side.

Primitive -- Theorem

Still Life -- Flower

Object -- Other -- Dish

Object -- Flower -- Johnny-Jump-Up

Chester County Historical Society, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380

Gift of Jones, Constance A., Rosemont, Pennsylvania, 1988.

Handwritten label on the reverse reads: Theorem painting/Done by/Rebecca Trimble/(born 1822) at age 9/DAU of Dr. George (?) Trimble/of Chester County. Later Mrs. Graff.

Chester County Historical Society, 1988.

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