BOTANICAL WATERCOLOR Passion Flower Vine 1885 EDWARD A. GOODALL Signed Original

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WATERCOLOR & GOUACHE ON PAPER Signed - Original Botanical Art PASSIFLORA CAERULEA - Blue Passion Flower - 12" x 16" Frame, 8-1/2" x 12-1/2" Sight - Signed - Dated August 20, 1885Edward Alfred Angelo Goodall, R.W.S. (Royal Watercolour Society) 1819-1908. A prolific, well known British artist whose paintings with subject matter depicting scenes of the Far East sell at auction today including Sotheby's, Christie's and other venues for thousands of dollars.Goodall was the son of Edward Goodall , the engraver of J.M.W. Turner 's works, and his brothers were the artists F rederick Goodall (1822-1904), a Royal Academician, and Walter Goodall (1830-89). His sister Eliza Goodall (1827-1916) was also an artist. Edward Angelo was apprenticed to his father's office and his own artistic talents came to the fore in his teens when he won a silver medal, and praise from Clarkson Stanfield RA, at the Society of Arts for a picture of the landing of the Lord Mayor at Blackfriars Bridge . His work was exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society .Moritz Richard Schomburgk was commissioned by the Prussian government to map British Guiana ' s boundaries, accompanied by his brother Robert , who was to collect natural history specimens for the Royal Museum and the Botanical Gardens in Berlin. Richard was stricken by yellow fever shortly after his arrival read more