Richard Allen Morris American, b. 1933 Curse Acrylic on wood Signed to verso. Abstract composition in heavy impasto, a flourish of orange to the center, dated 1988. Mounted in wooden frame, label for R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California, affixed to verso. Provenance: Purchased by Kenneth and Phyllis Langsdorf in 2009 through the R. B. Stevenson Gallery in La Jolla, CA. Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2014 "Work from the 60's", R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California. USA Richard Allen Morris Mixed Bag, Galerie Anke Schmidt, Cologne, Germany 2013 "QUICK DRAW", drawings, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California USA 2012 Richard Allen Morris, This and That, Galerie Schimidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany 2010 Richard Allen Morris "Boxer" Häusler Contemporary Zurich, Switzerland. Richard Allen Morris "Patch and Paint" R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA. USA Richard Allen Morris , Peter Blum Gallery Chelsea New York, NY. USA 2009 Morris Code work from 1957 - 2007, Peter Blum Chelsea Gallery. New York, NY. USA. Richard Allen Morris Small Ones, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla, California USA. 2008 Insight into Sight, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek. Cologne, Germany. Richard Allen Morris Painter's Room, Hausler Contemporary. Munich, Germany. Richard Allen Morris Paintings, Galerie Les Filless du Calvaire. Paris, France. Richard Allen Morris Case in View, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla, California USA. 2007 Richard Allen Morris Crossing Edges, Hausler Contemporary. Zurich, Switzerland. 2006 Guns - 110 Works on paper, Hausler Contemporary. Munich, Germany Richard Allen Morris, Bilder für München, Häusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany Body and Soul, Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Through Thick and Thin 1962 - 2005, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek. Cologne, Germany. Richard Allen Morris Retrospective 1958-2005, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. CA. USA 2004 Richard Allen Morris Retrospective 1958-2004, Museum Haus Lange. Krefeld, Germany Selection from the Studio, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla, California USA. Richard Allen Morris, Cue Art Foundation. New York, NY. USA 2000 Through Thick and Thin, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. San Diego, California USA. 1999 Richard Allen Morris at Chac-Mool, Chac-Mool, West Hollywood, CA 1997 Almost An Apple, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, California. USA 1996 Jaws, Rita Dean Gallery, San Diego, California. USA 1988 A Sense of Place , Mandeville Gallery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California. USA Sculpture, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Annex, San Diego, California. USA 1984 439 Works 1958-1984, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California. USA Abstractions, Quint Gallery, La Jolla, California. USA 1983 Guns and Heads , Quint Gallery, La Jolla, California USA 1980 Recent Work, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, California. USA 40 Recent Works, 552 Galleries, San Diego, California. USA 1979 Aspects of a Retrospective, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California. USA 1978 Recent Work, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California. USA 1972 Things on Paper, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida. USA 1971 Heads, San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California. USA 1970 Sculpture, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California. USA Hyde Gallery , Grossmont College, San Diego, California. USA 1969 Paintings, Bardhall Gallery, Unitarian Church, San Diego, California USA 1965 Gun Room 56 Works, Art Center in La Jolla, La Jolla, California. USA 1960 Art Center, La Jolla, La Jolla, California.. USA 1959 Dada Comes to San Diego Beginning at $1.98, Vroman´s, San Diego, California. USA Selected Group Exhibitions: 2016 "From the Studio", Richard Allen Morris & David Reed Häusler Contemporary. Munich, Germany DRAWINGS, Galerie Anke Schmidt, Cologne, Germany 2015 Visual Language a Group Show. R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA IN THE ABSTRACT: Midcentury San DIego Painting & Sculpture. Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA 2014 Spitting in the Wind: Art From the End of the Line by John Baldessari, Richard Allen Morris, Bob Matheny and Russel Baldwin curated by Dave Hampton Oceanside Museum of Art, CA ECCENTRIC ABSTRACTION, Frosch Portmann Gallery, New York, NY GREEN HEAVEN, a group show, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA Works on Paper 1963 - 2013, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany 2013 »Sweet Home« Olaf Breuning, Sébastien de Ganay, Hubert Kiecol, Richard Allen Morris, David Reed, Alejandra Seeber, Roman Signer, Keith Sonnier, Nancy Spero, Erwin Wurm. Häusler Contemporary Münich, Germany "MY KIND OF DISNEYLAND", Tatjana Doll (DE), Pia Fries (CH), Gajin Fujita (US), Steffen Lenk (DE), Fabian Marcaccio (US), Richard Allen Morris (US), Wilhelm Mundt (DE), David Reed (US), Tinka Stock (DE), Gert und Uwe Tobias (DE), Günter Umberg (DE) und Stefan Wieland (DE). Eine Ausstellung von Steffen Lenk mit Werken von. Museum in Witten, Germany 2012 THE VERY LARGE ARRAY: SAN DIEGO/TIJUANA ARTIST IN THE MCA COLLECTION, MCASD, San Diego, CA "TRIP", Peter Young, Michael Venezia, Richard Allen Morris, Häusler Contemporary Münich, Germany SMILE, Amerikanische Kunst - Sammlung Kienbaum,curated by Rolf Ricke, Galerie Thomas Zander, Koln Germany MIXED MEDIA , a group show, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA Neue Wege der Abstraktion Bernard Frize , Bernard Frize, Richard Allen Morris, David Reed, Gerhard Richter, Juan Uslé Die, Sammlung Peter Metzger at Galerie Schönewald Fine Arts in Düsseldorf STONE GRAVY, 9 Painters, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY. curated by David Pagel. CALIFORNIA ABSTRACT PAINTING 1952 to 2011, Woodbury University Nan Rae Art Gallery, Burbank, CA curated by James Hayward. IT'S NOT ONLY MALEREI BUT I LIKE IT, Kunstverein Offenburg Mittelbaden, Germany curated by Steffen Lenk 2011 A COLLECTION WITH STATURE, Heinz and Marianne Ebers Foundation, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany Itsy-Bitsy Spider, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany "COLOR & CULTURE" , R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California USA COLLECTORS CHOICE , R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California USA BIWAK lll , Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany 2010 "JUST ENOUGH" a group show, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California USA. Vintage and Recent Work, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California USA. "Apartment Museum" Collector´s Choice From private – to public – to Private, Hãusler Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland 35 Annual Image Small Show, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San DiegO, California. USA 2009 Raum.inhalt (1) The Big Exploration , im Tal - Stiftung Wortelkam, Hasselbach, Switzerland Double Header , San Diego Art Prize, San Diego, California. USA Quint: Three Decades of Contemporary Art, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido California USA Homing In, An Exhibition of 50 San Diego Artist, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California USA 2008 Untitled Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. La Jolla, California USA. Painted! ,- The Daros Collection. Zurich, Switzerland There is Desire Left (Knock, Knock), Museum Wiesbaden, Germany There is Desire Left (Knock, Knock), Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland. 2007 Blue Chips Masterpieces. Museum of Modern Art. Frankfort, Germany Abstract Gallery Selections,R.B. Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla, California USA In Thick of It , Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, California. USA 2006 A Group Show, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla, California USA. Driven to Abstraction, Riverside Art Museum. Riverside, California USA. Michael Stankiewicz Collection , Schloss Raabs Museum Stadtgemeinde Raabs, Austria. A Little So Cal Abstraction, Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, California. USA 2005 Triple Play , Richard Allen Morris, James Hayward, Ed Moses. R.B. Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla, California. USA. Linear Logic , R.B. Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla, California. USA The Dazzling Show, Roellin Duerr Galerie. St Gallen, Switzerland. 2004 White on White, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California. USA Full Disclosure, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA. USA Pickup Lines, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA. USA 2003 Selections, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. San Diego, California USA. Not the Usual Suspects , Manny Silverman Gallery. Los Angeles, California USA. and Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Inc. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Extreme Paint, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California. USA 2002 Group Show, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. San Diego, California USA. Big and Blurry, Flux Gallery, San Diego, California USA 5 Times 4, Modernism. San Francisco, California USA. 2001 The Necessary Beauty, R.B. Stevenson Gallery. San Diego, California USA. Mass Appeal, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, California USA 2000 The Next Wave, New Paintings in Southern California , California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California. USA 1999 Four By Four, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California. USA 1996 Field Days, Cerulean Embankments , Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA. USA 96 Works on Paper , Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA. USA 1988 Midwinter Award Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California. USA 1987 Black Lines, Gwydion Gallery, La Jolla, California, USA 1986 Southern California Assemblage: Past and Present , Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum College of Creative Studies Gallery, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California. USA The Museum of Santa Cruz County and Cabrillo College Gallery, Santa Cruz, California USA Art Furniture: 98 Artists,Installations Gallery, San Diego, California. USA Drawings, Rogue Graphics Gallery, San Diego, California. USA 1985 Masters Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California. USA Wood, Quint Gallery, San Diego, California USA Sixteen X Twenty-six, Quint Gallery, San Diego, California USA 1984 Parts of a World, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California USA 1982 10 Against the Wall, San Diego, California. USA 1981 A California Summer, Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California. USA 1979 San Diego Art Guild All Media Membership Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA 1978 Richard Allen Morris,University of Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA Big San Diego Show, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA 1977 24th Annual Art Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1976 California Hawaii Biennial, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA 1975 Collage and Assemblage Exhibition, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA San Diego Art Guild All Media Exhibit, San Diego, CA 1974 Blazing Brushes and Flying Clay: Artists of the 1950's and 1960's,The Artists Co-op Gallery, San Diego, CA 1973 19th Annual All California Purchase Prize Competition, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA 1972 San Diego Art Guild All Media Show, Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA 19th Annual Art Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1971 Top Box Art Spring Invitational Exhibition of Painting, Illinois State University, Bloomington/Normal, IL 1970 An Assemblage of Assemblage, Dwight Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA Jewish Community Center Annual Award Show, San Diego, CA 17th Annual Art Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA San Diego Art Guild All Media Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1968 15th Annual Art Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA San Diego Art Guild All Media Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1967 Found Object Exhibition, Gallery 25, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. USA 1966 San Diego Art Guild All Media Show, Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA 1965 Some Aspects of California Painting and Sculpture, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California USA The Box Show, New York, New York USA Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, San Diego State Art Gallery, San Diego, CA 1963 4th Annual Painting and Sculpture, Art Center, La Jolla, California USA 1962 81st Annual Painting Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1st Annual Southern California Exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California USA 1961 80th Annual Painting Exhibition, San Francisco, California. USA 24th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 6 La Jolla Area Artists, Comara Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Art Center Annual California Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, La Jolla, CA 1960 The Fine Arts Gallery All Media County-Wide Exhibition, San Diego, CA 1st Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibit, Art Center, La Jolla, California. USA 40th National Exhibition, Los Angeles County Art Museum, Los Angeles, California. USA Selected Biography: 2010 Robert L. Pincus, A real Find Abstract artist Richard Allen Morris bursts onto the world scene at 76, San Diego Union Tribune, June 13, 2010 Dave Hampton, A Guide To San Diego Artist Richard Allen Morris, KPBS, June 11, 2010 Robert L. Pincus, Patch and Paint, San Diego Union Tribune June 10, 2010 Dave Hampton, The Six-Year span from 1959 to 1964, KPBS, May 10, 2010 2009 Stephen Maine, Richard Allen Morris, Art in America, International Review No.8 September 2009. Philipp Meier, Painted! - Daros Collection, Zurich Switzerland Kara L. Rooney, Morris Code, works from 1957-2007, The Brooklyn Rail. Carlos Jimenez, Painted!, Art Nexus N0. 72 Volume 8 Year 2009 Howard Halle, Morris Code, works from 1957-2007 Time out New York Art 2008 Stephane Correard Analyse / Un Bon Artiste Francais Est Un Artiste Mort, Particules No. 21 Oct/Nov 2008 Robert L. Pincus, Case in Point, San Diego Union Tribute, July 10, 2008 2006 Barbara Hein, The Light in the Cellar, ART das Kunstmagazin, Nr. 6 / June 2006 David Pagel, Packing a lot into very tight quarters, Los Angeles Times, April 14 2005 Shana Nys Dambrot Triple Play at R.B. Stevenson Gallery, ArtWeek August 2005 Robert L. Pincus, High Profile, At Last San Diego Union Tribune May 12, 2005 David Pagel, The Color of his Passion Los Angeles Time May 15, 2005 Ralf Christofori Richard Allen Morris, Museum Haus Lange, Frieze Magazine May 2005 2004 Robert L. Pincus, An Artist Expands (and Shrinks) his genre, San Diego Union TribuneDecember 26, 2004 Siri Hustvedt, Necessary Leaps, Modern Painter October 2004 Robert L. Pincus, Through Thin and Thick, Morris Stuck with his Art, San Diego Union Tribune October 24, 2004 Christopher Knight, The many colors of white explored, Los Angeles Times, March 19 2002 Robert L. Pincus, 3 Dimensions, San Diego Union-Tribune, April 14 2000 Julia Morton, Bold Strokes, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 27 Christopher Knight, Catching the Next Wave of Painters, Los Angeles Times, June 20 1999 David Pagel, Bold Abstractions, Los Angeles Times, April 23 Claudine Lae, Art Issues, October, Number 59 1998 Welton Jones, San Diego Union-Tribune, May 17 1997 Robert L. Pincus, Apple Intimately shows the fruition of talent, passion, San Diego Union-Tribune, April 6 1988 David Antin Thinking of Richard Allen Morris, Some Sentences UCSD Press, La Jolla, CA Robert L. Pincus, Morris Stirs Elixir of Gold Into Rubble, San Diego Union-Tribune, April 21 Robert L. Pincus, Passion For Art, San Diego Union-Tribune, February 25 1984 Mark Elliot Lugo, Richard Allen Morris: Abstractions, San Diego Union-Tribune, September 21 1980 Michael Pierce, A Salvage Operation, San Diego Union-Tribune, September 9 Robert McDonald, From New to Old, Artweek, Vol. 11, No. 28, August 30 Else Miller, Recycling Art for Arts Sake, Los Angeles Times, August 11 1978 Suzanne Muchnic, Borrowings of a Creative Recluse, Los Angeles Times, October 6 Morris Show Has Vitality, Santa Barbara California News-Press, October 7 Geoffrey Young, A Deserved Survey UCSB Art Museum, Artweek, Vol. 9, No. 33 1976 Kathryn Russell, Escondido Times Advocate, May 30 Ruth-Ann Rohman, California Hawaii Biennial, Artweek, Vol. 7, No. 11, March 13 1975 Hal Glicksman, Collage and Assemblage LAICA, Journal, June-July, No. 6 1965 Dr. Armin Kietzmann, Morris: Love of the Brush Is Still Core of His Talent, San Diego Union-Tribune, December 5 Dr. Armin Kietzmann, Contemporary Art is for Homes Too, San Diego Union-Tribune, August 8 Marilyn Hagberg, San Diego Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 10, August 1965 Selected Publications: Richard Allen Morris, Retrospective 1958 – 2004, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany Udo Kittelmann & Klaus Görner, What's New, Pussycat? 2006, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany There is Desire Left (Knock, Knock) , Museum Wiesbaden, Germany Richard Allen Morris, Crossing Edges 2007 , Häusler Contemporary, Zurich Switzerland Richard Allen Morris, It's just a certain sound I'm after 2008, Kienbaum Artists' Books Gummersbach, Germany Daros Collection, Painted! 2008, Daros-Latinamerica AG, Zurich Switzerland Richard Allen Morris Painter's Room 2009 , Häusler Contemporary, Munich, Germany A COLLECTION WITH STATURE, Heinz and Marianne Ebers Foundation, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany Selected Collections : The Daros Collection, Zurich, Switzerland Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld Germany Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany Museum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Phillip Richard Morris (British 1836 -1902)The sailor's wedding Oil on boardSigned (lower right)61 x 96cm (24 x 37¾ in.)ExhibitedLondon, Royal Academy, 1876.
Oil on canvas of a young woman, signed lower left. 30 x 20 inches. Notice to bidders: Condition reports and additional photographs are provided by request as a courtesy to our clients, as such any condition report is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free of defects, imperfections, restoration, wear and tear, or the effects of aging. Capo Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission, additionally all lots are sold 'As Is' and in accordance with the conditions of sale.
Philip Richard Morris (British, 1836-1902), "The Drifted Net", oil on canvas, signed lower left, 26 in. x 54 1/4 in., framed with artist and title plaque
Philip Richard MORRIS (1838-1902) English artist oil on wood painting, signed. 22 H x 18 W frame included, 14 1/2 H x 10 1/4 W without frame. Shipping in USA is $ 45.00. International bidders ask for shipping before bid.
Philip Richard MORRIS (1838-1902) English artist oil on wood painting, signed. 22 H x 18 W frame included, 14 1/2 H x 10 1/4 W without frame. Shipping in USA is $ 45.00. International bidders ask for shipping before bid.
Morris, Richard Flora conspicua; a selection of the most ornamental flowering, hardy, exotic and indigenous trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. London: Longman &c., 1826. 8vo, 60 hand coloured engraved plates, one double-page, tissue guards, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, occasional light dust-soiling
Philip Richard Morris, A.R.A. (Devonport 1836-1902 London) Two young midshipmen in sight of home signed with monogram and dated '64' (lower right) oil on canvas 17½ x 21 in. (44.4 x 53.3 cm.)
Oil on canvas, attributed by plaque, attributed to Philip Richard Morris, (British, 1836-1902), woman seated by thatched roof cottage with a bay in the distance, extensive loss, frame 5" deep, needs cleaning, ss. 9 1/2" h. x 11 3/4" w. [Morris, the son of a iron-founder traveled to London to learn the family trade, when he was encouraged by fellow artist William Holman Hunt to become an artist. Soon after Morris took drawing classes at night at the British Museum and later studied at the Royal Academy. In 1851, Morris won a gold medal for his rendering of, "The Good Samaritan", which allowed him the opportunity to travel to France and Italy where he resided until 1864. Due to his skill, Morris was eventually elected as an associate of the Royal Academy in 1877. Morris is best known for his sweeping maritime scenes, religious renderings and contemporary portraits.]
Philip Richard Morris, (British, 1836-1903) oil on canvas, seascape with two women, in dresses, standing on the shore pulling a line from a fishing boat near shore into land, signed lower left, "Phil Morris", ornate wood woulding and gesso, gilt frame 5 1/2" deep., needs cleaning, ss. 18 3/4" h. x 28 7/8" w. (Morris, the son of an iron worker, traveled to London to learn the family trade, when he was encouraged by fellow artist William Holman Hunt to become an artist. Soon after Morris took drawing classes at night at the British Museum and later studied at the Royal Academy. In 1851, Morris won a gold medal for his rendering of, "The Good Samaritan", which allowed him the opportunity to travel to France and Italy where he resided until 1864. Due to his skill and prolificacy, Morris was eventually elected as an associate of the Royal Academy in 1877. Morris is best known for his sweeping maritime scenes, religious renderings and contemporary portraits.)
Phillip Richard Morris, R.A. (1836-1902) Whereth he died signed 'Philip R. Morris (lower right) and inscribed 'Whereth he died Philip R Morris' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 58½ x 29 in. (148.6 x 73.7 cm.)
Philip Richard Morris (British, 1836-1902) Portrait of Mr Austin; and Portrait of Mrs Austin oil on canvas a pair (2) h:74 w:62 cm Other Notes: The family writes: "Mr Austin was an indigo planter in India. The portraits are of Mr and Mrs Austin, indigo planters. They were married in Calcutta Cathedral in 1848; in those days, brides were expected to curtsey to their new mother-in-law as they processed up the church on the arm of their groom. This lady refused to do so, it being beneath her dignity as she was a 'cousin of the Earl and Countess of Wemyss'. They had various children, but India was a graveyard for babies and children in those days, and they were sent home with governesses or nurses to be brought up in England. They would be sent across land, with a cow to give milk for the children - I expect quite a cavalcade, a large group of them would go at a time, not just one or two - and then the cow would go with them on the ship home. When they reached England, it would be given to the captain in part payment for the journey. My mother used to point out that the Suez canal was opened in 1869, so they might have gone overland that way and then taken a ship through the Med and home, once they were able to do that. Before the canal they would have had to sail right round the Cape, an even worse voyage. Anyway, one child was already ill, I think, when she left India. Her mother (the lady in the portrait) sent her home as quickly as she could, but the journey was long and arduous and the poor child died just as they reached port. Liverpool, I imagine, since that is where that part of the family came from. An artist was sent for quickly, and a charming picture, a quick sketch with watercolour, exists, which shows her with beautiful eyes and dear little face, and honeyed hair, she must have been no more than four years old, maybe less. Another member of the family has this picture. So at least the parents had a portrait of her to remember her by, but how very sad. Indigo planting was very remunerative, and Mr Austin became extremely wealthy. I have been in touch with the Worshipful Company of Dyers, and they have three Austin brothers who were members a bit earlier - I am assuming it was the father and uncles of the gentleman in the portrait. However, in the mid 19th century a method of making artificial dye was discovered, which was easier and cheaper and the indigo plantations began to die out. Our Austins came back to this country. They had these pictures painted by an artist in London, whom my father said was called Philip Morris. Apparently he lived in a very poor 'garret' with his young wife, trying to make a living, and they were eating cheap cuts of meat, chops or cutlets, when they heard the Austins' carriage rattling up to their door. The artist's wife hurriedly pushed the plates under the sofa, and went to let the important visitors in. Mrs Austin had her little dog with her, and to the intense shame of the Morrises and the amusement of the Austins, it burrowed under the settee and came out chewing the bones. This story has been handed down the generations since. My father JUST remembered Great Granny Austin. As a tiny boy he sat on his mother's lap at a dining table, and a very ancient lady opposite him slowly rolled a wooden darning mushroom across the table to him and back again, to amuse him. John was born in 1915, and supposing he was two, and Great Granny Austin was twenty when she married, she would have been 89. John's mother still had the brooch that Mrs Austin is wearing in her picture, but it disappeared unfortunately. I hope this brings to life the people who sat for their portraits such a long time ago".
Philip Richard Morris, A.R.A. (British, 1836-1902) Dew Drops signed 'Phil Morris' (lower left); signed and inscribed 'Dew Drops Phil R. Morris, A.R.A.' (on label attached to stretcher) oil on canvas 45 1/8 x 35 7/8 in. (114.6 x 91.2 cm.)
Farewell; and The Return the first signed 'P.R. Morris A.R.A. (lower right) pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour and with gum arabic both 14 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (36.5 x 28.9 cm.) a pair (2) PROVENANCE Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 March 1977, lot 50, when acquired by the present owner. EXHIBITION New York, Museum of American Folk Art, Victorian Vernacular: The American Show Quilt, 1995. NOTES Morris exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1858 and 1902. He painted both historical and biblical subjects, but marine associations are particularly strong in his work. In 1884 he exhibited Sweethearts and Wives, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884, which shows women and children walking away from the quay, their relatives having embarked on their voyage, while Land Ahoy! was sold in these Rooms, 4 November 1994, for œ9,200.
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