Mary A Hull, Still Life With Plums, Peach & Wasp

Mary A Hull, Still Life With Plums, Peach & WaspThis fine 19th century still life painting by British artist Mary A Hull (1835 1919) depicts two plums, a peach and a greedy wasp gnawing away. Its nicely rendered with particular attention to the insect. Hull was a drawing teacher and a specialist still life painter. One of her works appeared at the Royal Academy and its easy to see why. The inclusion of the wasp here could be a reference to the fleeting nature of life itself. Signed, framed and

1923Condition: Artwork presents well

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