Brown (Emma Lucy Madox, 1843?94). A page of pencil sketches showing four leaves and a pot with ha

Brown (Emma Lucy Madox, 1843?94). A page of pencil sketches showing four leaves and a pot with handle, 1853, the largest leaf and pot each signed E.L. Brown and dated 30th December 1853 and 30th September 1853 respectively, the verso with contemporary pencil sketches of ornamental designs and a gryphon, with a pencil note [by Lucy's future husband William Rossetti], 'These are the only early drawings by Lucy (aged 10) that I have noticed', 242 x 166mm The earliest Lucy Madox Brown drawing found is an undated watercolour of Melliker Farm, probably painted in her teenage years. The picture was sold as part of lot 26 in Christie's sale of British Art on Paper on 28th November 2000. After her mother's death in 1846 and until 1856 Lucy lived with her aunt Helen Bromley in Gravesend, Kent, only visiting her father's new London home during school holidays. These sketches (and the artistic signatures) made during this period, while clearly juvenile, do give signs of a latent artistic talent. (1)