Children Under a Palm
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Children Under a Palm is a water colour painting executed in 1885 by the American artist Winslow Homer. It was featured in the second episode of the BBC TV series Fake or Fortune?.
Winslow Homer's Children Under a Palm Tree
Henry Arthur Blake
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Sir Henry Arthur Blake was an Irish-born British colonial administrator who held the governorships of six British colonies over the course of his career.
Children Under a Palm
…The work was painted in the Bahamas in 1885. It is in watercolour and pencil. It measures 14 inches by 20 inches and depicts the three children of Sir Henry Blake, the colonial governor of the Bahamas at the time, and his wife Lady Blake. They were attending a fancy dress party in Arabian costume. The party was…
Henry Arthur Blake