2-652-039 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Passion Flowers of Life.', c1860-1890, (1923). John Pettie RA (1839-1893) was a Scottish painter who spent most of his career in England. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1866 and a full academician in 1874. From British Book Illustration - Yesterday and To-day edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio, Ltd., London, 1923]