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Helen Allingham RWS (1848-1926) The Garden of Eden, Venice Signed H.Allingham (lower right) Pencil and watercolour with scratching out 44.4 x 33.4cm; 17½ x 13¼in Provenance: Leger Galleries, London, December 1973 (incorrectly titled as Stoneaston); Sir Owen Aisher (1900-1993); By descent to The Muro Collection This collection of works by Helen Allingham (lots 180—192) have passed by descent from the personal collection of Sir Owen Aisher (1900-1993), one of the most noted collectors of her work. Sir Owen was the chairman of Marley Ltd., a building materials company with a particular specialism in roofing tiles. On behalf of the company, Sir Owen purchased a group of Allingham works which faithfully reproduced the materials of the buildings depicted. These became known as The Marley Collection, and were sold at Christie’s in 1991. The works offered here formed part of Sir Owen’s personal collection and hung at his home in Surrey. During her trips to Venice in 1900 and 1901, Helen Allingham visited the famed 'Garden of Eden' owned and created by Frederic and Carrie Eden. Mrs Eden was the sister of the celebrated garden writer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932). Frederic wrote about the garden, illustrated with photographs, in his book A Garden in Venice published in 1903. This watercolour is one of a number that Allingham painted in the garden. We are grateful to Annabel Watts for her assistance cataloguing the present work. Read more »