{"title":"Parsons, Beatrice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeatrice Emma Parsons (1869-1955)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British painter, best known for her watercolours of garden subjects. Parsons, along with George Samuel Elgood and Lilian Stannard, is considered one of the leading English painters of gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParsons was born in Peckham, Surrey, England in 1869. She was sister to Karl Parsons, a stained-glass artist, who commemorated their family in a stained-glass window in St. Matthew's Church, Oxhey. Parsons attended the Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls and studied at King's College London, before attending the Royal Academy Schools, where she won three prizes. She lived in Hampstead after 1901, until she moved to Oxhey in 1907, where she had a studio until her death on 17 February 1955. During her time in Oxhey, she lived with her three sisters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough known for her garden paintings, Parsons originally experimented with historical and genre paintings and also created a few portraits, landscapes, and still-life paintings. She began painting, almost exclusively, garden subject watercolours in 1900. She painted in England, but also in Europe and Africa. Parsons preferred painting gardens in their summer colours, and specialised in the gardens of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Her work was featured on postcards and greeting cards during her time. Many of her paintings were used as illustrations in gardening books, such as \u003cstrong\u003eGardens of England (1908)\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Charm of Gardens (1910)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParsons' work caught the attention of royals and aristocrats. Queen Mary purchased over 30 of her paintings, and some were bought by the Duchess of Westminster and the Duchess of Harewood. She painted gardens for Lord and Lady Hillingdon at Overstrand Hall, and was invited every year between 1921 and 1929 to Blickling Hall to paint the gardens there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParsons' first exhibition was at the Royal Academy in 1889. Her first solo exhibition, entitled 'Old English Gardens (Spring, Summer, Autumn \u0026amp; Winter)', was in 1904 at the Dowdeswell Gallery in London, and was a near sell-out. She exhibited regularly in London during her lifetime, having 22 solo shows between the Dowdeswell and Greatorex galleries.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gardens-of-england-1911-beatrice-parsons-1869-1955-20-images","title":"Gardens of England 1911 - Beatrice Parsons (1869-1955) - 20 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the illustrations from 'Gardens of England', an A \u0026amp; C Black travel book about well-known ornamental gardens in England. All 20 illustrations are by British artist and illustrator, Beatrice Parsons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 20 hi-res images, in JPEG format, scanned by us from an original edition of the book. They are 600dpi and range in size from 2555 pixels wide\/tall to 4067 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/parsons-beatrice\" title=\"Beatrice Parsons\"\u003eBeatrice Parsons\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 20 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53545133965642,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Parsons_Beatrice_1869-1955_-GardensofEngland1911_main.jpg?v=1767259208"},{"product_id":"new-for-2026-bundle","title":"New for 2026 - 476 Image Value Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere we have bundled together works from artists who enter the public domain on 1st January 2026. 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