Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
BE2007.1.6 |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Title |
View from Benares Verandah |
Other Name |
Drawing, Pencil |
Description |
A framed and matted pencil sketch of Benares in winter. The drawing is dominated by large trees; there is a grouping of 3 buildings near the centre about 1/4 from the bottom. There is an urn planter in the proper right foreground. The mat is a medium green shade. The frame is carved in an elongated leaf motif, painted silvery grey. The frame is joined with small steel nails. The backing is brown variegated striped Kraft paper. Handwritten in ink by Annie Harris on the backing paper is: "This is the view from the veranda at Benares in the 1930s done by Barbara Roe Hicklin for my Mother Mary Harris, wife of Arthur B. Harris". |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Artist |
Hicklin, Barbara Roe |
Dimensions |
H-2 W-22.3 L-27.3 cm |
History |
Barbara Roe Hicklin (1918- 2010) was a Canadian artist who was the first woman president of the Alberta Society of Artists. Barbara Larson recalls that Barbara was the daughter of Winifred Farncomb Roe, a great friend of her mother, Annie Harris Sayers and her aunt, Naomi Harris. Barbara's aunt was artist, Caroline Farncomb. Winifred and her daughters visited Benares many times and it was during these visits that Barbara drew or painted Benares. Barbara's sister, Marion (1920-2010), was a close friend of Barbara Larson and was one of her bridesmaids at her 1939 wedding to Melville Gooderham. |
People |
Hicklin, Barbara Harris, Mary |