Pink Perfection

Artist Margaret Gray Thomas (American, 1871 - 1951)

Date1938

MediumPastel on paper

DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (27.3 × 21.6 cm)
Matted: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Framed: 21 3/16 × 17 3/16 inches (53.8 × 43.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Isabelle Harrison.

Object number1967.25.2

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Copyright© The Estate of Margaret Gray Thomas The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextMargaret Gray Thomas, who bequeathed the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters to Telfair Museums in 1951, was an active artist and gardener. Thomas drew these camellias from direct observations of the winter-blooming shrubs in friends’ gardens. She followed a format taken by many botanical illustrators, placing detailed samples of a plant against a black background to accentuate the colors of the plants’ flowers and foliage. The title of this work specifies the variety “Pink Perfection”; there are tens of thousands of named varieties of camellias known today. Text written for 'Lingua Flora,' on view from June 21–September 8, 2024.

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