Frank Dicksee - The Sensitive Plant

The present watercolour depicts Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem of 1820. A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light. And closed them beneath the kisses of Night.

watercolor paintings of women sold at christies plants in art percy bysshe shelley people with plants in art people in gardens in art mimosa pudica in art images from christies illustrations to poetry frank bernard dicksee female long hair in art art pre raphaelite watercolour watercolors

1820

Christie's

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public domain