Artist: Clara Peters
Date: 1917
Museum: the-museum-of-barnstaple-and-north-devon (Barnstaple, United Kingdom)
Technique: Watercolour
Watercolour botanical study painted by Clara Peters. Miss Clara Elizabeth Peters was born in Derbyshire in 1864, the daughter of a Major J.J.Peters. She arrived at Arlington Court, North Devon in 1911, as a paid companion to Miss Rosalie Chichester. Clara was a talented watercolourist, and many of her paintings can still be seen at Arlington Court. They show a talent and interest which she shared with Miss Chichester. During the First World War, Clara and Miss Chichester moved out of Arlington Court to Home Farm, as many of the estate staff were called up to fight. During this time, they created botanical diaries detailing the locations of the flora that they recorded. Many of Clara
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