Plum Blossom

Katharine Cameron

Art Funded: 1930
Dimensions: 41 x 28 cm
Presented by: Arthur Kay through The Art Fund

Plum Blossom, signed K.

Watercolour drawing

V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum)

Cromwell Road, London, Greater London, SW7 2RL
020 7942 2000
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James Adam (1732-1794). Architect and designer

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A Pair of Champagne Standard Lamps

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51 original designs for publication in ‘Examples of Chinese Ornament selected from objects in the South Kensington Museum and other collections’ (London: S. & T. Gilbert, 1867)

Acquired

Collages forming content of OZ Magazine Issue #16 – ‘The Magic Theatre Issue’ (Autumn 1968)

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18th & 19th Century porcelain and pottery

Acquired 1913

Works of Art from Adelphi Terrace

Acquired 1936

Works include St George; Clarence Tomb; 'Comedy and Tragedy'; Figure of Mermaid

Acquired 1936

Wimbledon Common & Malines: Maison du Conseil

Acquired 1968

Who will make me real? (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2009

Wedding suit of James, Duke of York

Acquired 1995

Watercolours & Scrapbook of Sketches

Acquired 1966

Water Gate, Lower Close, Norwich

Acquired 1968

Watchtowers, West Bank (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2011

Waltham Cross & A Scene in China

Acquired 1968

Virgin and Child with Five Angels

Acquired 1926

View of the South-East side of Tewkesbury Abbey

Acquired 1937

View of the East Hall of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Acquired 2016

Unknown woman, formerly called Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset

Acquired 1971

Two-fold Screen & Pilgrim Bottle

Acquired 1931

Two volumes of architectural drawings by Vanburgh, Pearce, Hawksmoor etc

Acquired 1992

Two Tomb-guardians of the Ming period

Acquired 1912

Two silver tea caddies and a silver sugar bowl

Acquired 1945

Two Regency fireplaces and mantelpieces

Acquired 1932

Two medals representing William III and Queen Mary

Acquired 1907

Two Gate-leg Tables, Card Table, Pair of Stools, Armchair and Pole-screen

Acquired 1946

Two Figures of Seated Courtesans

Acquired 1980

Two designs for the tomb of Pope Paul III

Acquired 1966

Tiles of tin enamelled earthenware

Acquired 1930

Tile: The Temptation of Christ

Acquired 1923

Tile panel with flowers and birds

Acquired 1923

Three sculptures of religious figures

Acquired 1927

Three Russian Revolutionary plates

Acquired 1988

Three Romanesque enamel plaques

Acquired 1989

Three Rajasthani miniature paintings

Acquired 1994

Three fragments of an Anglian stone cross

Acquired 1931

Three figures from Naworth Castle, Cumbria

Acquired 2001

The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist

Acquired 1974

The two Maries at the Sepulchre

Acquired 1927

The Saiva Saint and Psalmist Tirujnana Sambandha

Acquired 1928

The Sacca della Misericordia, Venice

Acquired 1933

The Purification of the Virgin

Acquired 1930

The Pilot-Boat off Fecamp, Normandy

Acquired 1968

The Mourning Virgin & Figure holding Instruments of the Passion

Acquired 1920

The Milkmaid's Garland or Humours of May Day

Acquired 1947

The Michael and Gerlinde Costiff Costume Collection

Acquired 2002

The Lonely Krishna Explains His Plight

Acquired 1951

The Kelekian Collection of Islamic Pottery

Acquired 1952

The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice

Acquired 1947

The Howard Grace Cup (or the Thomas a Becket Cup)

Acquired 1931

The Eumorfopoulos Collection: Paintings

Acquired 1935

The Compassion of Pharoah's Daughter

Acquired 1949

The Assumption of the Virgin, with St Thomas receiving her girdle

Acquired 1910

The Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography

Acquired 2009

The Angel Appearing to Joachim

Acquired 1952

Tea caddies, Commode, Bracket Clock

Acquired 1940

Tea and coffee service with tray

Acquired 2004

Tapestry: Perseus and Andromeda

Acquired 1990

Table, mirror and candlesticks

Acquired 1992

Table with food from 'Party' series (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2009

Sword-guard of Miochin School, modelled with a dragon in relief

Acquired 1911

Sunset from the Flagstaff Hill, Hampstead Heath

Acquired 1930

Study of a Woman Dressing & A General View of Dole in France & 2 etchings

Acquired 1988

Study for draperies of Persephone in 'The Return of Persephone'

Acquired 1950

Stucco panels from the Alhambra

Acquired 1913

Standing figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni

Acquired 2003

Standing female deity, probably Uma

Acquired 2001

Stained glass window (triptych)

Acquired 1992

Stained glass panel representing a saint

Acquired 1929

Solitude & Isis from Turner's Liber Studiorum

Acquired 1920

Snuffbox decorated with a portrait of George IV

Acquired 1928

Sketch for the Decoration of a Dome

Acquired 1953

Sketch for Overmantle for Dorchester House

Acquired 1912

Six pieces of English Furniture

Acquired 1958

Six Pieces of English furniture

Acquired 1957

Six Elizabethan silver-gilt dishes

Acquired 1946

Sita bestowing garland on Rama after archery contest

Acquired 1951

Sir Michael Redgrave preparing for 'The Beggar's Opera'

Acquired 2002

Shadow Sites II (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2013

Seven pieces of English furniture

Acquired 1959

Set of twelve figures of animals

Acquired 1929

Set design for the last Act of Amide

Acquired 1921

Serial Dialogue in Fifteen Parts

Acquired 2008

Sculpture of the head of Buddha

Acquired 1927

Sculpted head of Annibale Caro

Acquired 1963

Scene from the Chusingura Drama

Acquired 1933

Sarrasa: a group of nine Indian textiles made for export to Indonesia

Acquired 1993

Relief of SS Philip, Jude and Bartholomew

Acquired 1932

Qajar (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2009

Prints from the series Sufis: The day of al-Ziyara (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2011

Prints from the series 'Out of Line' (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2011

Prints and drawings album by Edward Calvert, William Blake and A C Ionides

Acquired 2001

Presentation design drawing of the baptismal font for Canterbury Cathedral

Acquired 2005

Portrait relief of Bernardo Giugni

Acquired 1960

Portrait of the Mahatma Gandhi

Acquired 1932

Portrait of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Acquired 1943

Portrait of Margaret Laton & Jacket of Margaret Laton

Acquired 1994

Portrait of Joseph Willliams Blakesley

Acquired 1978

Portrait of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale

Acquired 1906

Portrait of Edgar Holl as a small boy

Acquired 1957

Portrait of Amar Singh II of Mewar

Acquired 1997

Portrait of A Man in a Blue Jacket

Acquired 1952

Portrait of a Lady wearing a Green Dress

Acquired 1941

Porcelain figure of 'Harlequin'

Acquired 1945

Porcelain cup and saucer & Earthenware dish

Acquired 1929

Plate for 'Virgin and Child with Cat and Snake'

Acquired 1993

Photographs of Westmorland - Horniman collection

Acquired 1937

Photographs of Oxford - Horniman collection

Acquired 1939

Photographs of Middlesex - Horniman collection

Acquired 1938

Photographs of Dorset - Horniman collection

Acquired 1952

Photographs from the series Wonder Beirut: The story of a pyromaniac photographer (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2013

Photographs from the 'Upekkha' series (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)- 1) Armed Innocence II; 2) Spring (Sham el Nasseem); 3) The Break- Photographs from the 'Upekkha' series (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern P

Acquired 2013

Paysannes des Environs de Boulogne

Acquired 1950

Parties (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2009

Pair of Torah finials & pair of cups and covers

Acquired 2009

Pair of panoramic views of the Bay of Naples

Acquired 1988

Pair of George III candlesticks & George IV swing-handle basket

Acquired 1967

Pair of Blue John and ormolu candelabra

Acquired 1934

Original sketch in tempera for the ceiling of the Banqueting Hall at Hampton Co

Acquired 1916

Original design for Fruit wallpaper

Acquired 2009

Original artwork for the Rolling Stones Tongue and Lips Design logo

Acquired 2008

Open Landscape with Cottage, Figure and Animals

Acquired 2010

Oliver Messel collection of theatre designs

Acquired 2005

Octagonal teapot and two gilt teaspoons

Acquired 1914

Oak Pinnacle & Portion of a Console Table

Acquired 1930

Necklace with a Cross and Girandole Earrings

Acquired 2000

My Great Grandfather's Ghost Story

Acquired 1950

Mr. Thomas Wilkes of Overseal, Derbyshire and Measham

Acquired 1932

Mothers of Martyrs (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2009

Miss Augusta Harvey of Thorpe Lodge

Acquired 1926

Miniature of James II, when Duke of York

Acquired 1955

Meissen Chinoiserie sweetmeat-stand

Acquired 1977

Medieval Jewel (Double Ring Brooch)

Acquired 1993

Massacre of the Innocents & Christ appearing to the Virgin

Acquired 1920

Marble busts of Heraclitus and Democritus

Acquired 1947

Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir

Acquired 1951

Madame Celeste as the Dumb Arab Boy

Acquired 1953

Macchia & Persian Set & Basket Set

Acquired 2001

Landscape with distant mountains

Acquired 1959

Landscape with cottages and trees

Acquired 1960

Lacquer Saddle & Pair of Stirrups

Acquired 1954

Just Published: Aubrey Beardsley by Robert Ross

Acquired 1919

Indian textile pattern books & miniature paintings

Acquired 1949

Images from the series 'Le retour imaginaire' (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2011

Humanist with Figures of Faith, Hope and Charity

Acquired 1960

Horniman Collection of Photographs

Acquired 1931

Horniman Collection of Photographs

Acquired 1934

Historic Costume from the Castle Howard and Lansdowne Collections

Acquired 2003

Haymaking, Welsh Mountains & Welsh Mountains & Kenilworth Castle & Three Women

Acquired 1968

Harvest Field & Sand Dunes & A Mountain View

Acquired 1968

Harlequin playing with four boys before the Entrance to a Cave

Acquired 1939

Group of watercolours of the Great Exhibition, 1851

Acquired 2006

Green bird beside a pink flower

Acquired 1951

Graeco-Buddhist sculpture of the Gandhara School

Acquired 1913

Gothic Church behind a Grove of Oaks

Acquired 1997

Goblet ('The Luck of Edenhall')

Acquired 1958

Globular jar and cover, porcelain with relief decoration of fretwork (body) and lion dog (knob), painted in underglaze blue

Acquired 2015

Girl Dancing with her smock held out before her

Acquired 1950

George Frideric Handel, as Apollo

Acquired 1965

Fresco depicting a Bodhisavatta

Acquired 1927

French Romanesque Triple Window

Acquired 1937

Frederick Henry Yates 1797-1842 ('Yates Reminiscences')

Acquired 1950

Four South-East Asian sculptures

Acquired 1993

Four pieces of English furniture

Acquired 1938

Four Nymphs Dancing on a grassy knoll

Acquired 1950

Five pieces of English Embroidery

Acquired 1955

Fire grate and pair of columns

Acquired 1988

Figure of a Child with a Skull and Hour-Glass

Acquired 1936

Facsimile edition of 'Beato de Liebana, Codice de Santo Domingo de Silos'

Acquired 2009

Ewer & basin from the Lomellini silver

Acquired 1974

Engraved portrait of Edward Dewing

Acquired 1943

Embroidered Casket, Band Sampler and Needlepoint Sampler

Acquired 1991

Eight Watercolours and Sketches

Acquired 1949

Eight Pieces of Oriental Ceramics and Carving

Acquired 1978

Earthenware figure representing Asia

Acquired 1959

Drawings, Emblems and Lettering in 2 Volumes

Acquired 1936

Drawings of modelli for sculptural projects by Giovanni Bologna

Acquired 1993

Drawings of 13th century sculptures

Acquired 1916

Dish painted with Hector of Troy and Chinese Birds

Acquired 2008

Diptych carved with 6 miracles of Christ

Acquired 1926

Designs for wartime information campaign 'Careless Talk Costs Lives'

Acquired 2006

Designs for goldsmiths and silversmiths work

Acquired 1938

Design for stained glass panel

Acquired 1936

Design for scene for Cochran production

Acquired 1955

Design for a wardrobe for the Blue Bedroom, Hous'Hill

Acquired 1994

David Garrick's silver tea and coffee service

Acquired 1973

Damaynati having clothes torn off her

Acquired 1951

Cruet-stand, Teapot and stand & Seal skippet

Acquired 1960

Corean Stoneware & Japanese Vase

Acquired 1910

Cope of purple silk of Portuguese Embroidery

Acquired 1912

Composition with parrots and fruit

Acquired 1950

Collection of watercolours, rugs, miniatures & crockery

Acquired 1948

Collection of three pieces of porcelain and earthenware

Acquired 1928

Collection of tapestries, textile panels, silk mosaics & beadwork box

Acquired 2002

Collection of studies and sketches

Acquired 2003

Collection of stage and theatrical costume designs

Acquired 1932

Collection of six pieces of pottery and porcelain

Acquired 1927

Collection of seven pieces of furniture

Acquired 1961

Collection of sculptures of the12 apostles

Acquired 1923

Collection of pottery: Japanese, English, French and Dutch

Acquired 1911

Collection of porcelain, earthenware & glass

Acquired 1921

Collection of pictures and travel books relating to the Middle East

Acquired 1986

Collection of Paintings on Glass

Acquired 1955

Collection of Oriental ceramics

Acquired 2010

Collection of lantern slides of Rheims Cathedral

Acquired 1926

Collection of Japanese Porcelain

Acquired 1980

Collection of Italian textiles and costumes

Acquired 1922

Collection of glass, pottery, porcelain, snuff-boxes and a games table

Acquired 1937

Collection of four pieces of English furniture

Acquired 1963

Collection of five pieces of porcelain and earthenware

Acquired 1928

Collection of five designs for the Dining Room at Dorchester House

Acquired 1928

Collection of English furniture

Acquired 1962

Collection of English Furniture

Acquired 1954

Collection of English Furniture

Acquired 1950

Collection of Eighty-seven Lithographs

Acquired 1935

Collection of eighteen designs for ceiling decorations

Acquired 1976

Collection of eight fragments of medieval woodwork

Acquired 1928

Collection of circa 450 pottery figures

Acquired 1929

Collection of Chinese Robes, Silks and Embroideries

Acquired 1948

Collection of books on Oriental art

Acquired 1927

Collection of 89 drawings & priints

Acquired 1968

Collection of 6 pieces of furniture

Acquired 1960

Collection of 5 Items from the Sedgwick bequest

Acquired 1968

Collection of 39 Indonesian textiles

Acquired 1921

Collection of 3,268 photographs of historical monuments

Acquired 1927

Collection of 26 pieces of pottery

Acquired 1912

Collection of 22 drawings and watercolours

Acquired 1971

Collection of 158 paintings and drawings

Acquired 1955

Caricature portrait of Francis Williams

Acquired 1929

Bust of Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia

Acquired 1967

Bust of Marie Feodorowna Empress of Russia

Acquired 1945

Bust of François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

Acquired 1948

Bust of Cardinal Paolo Emilio Zacchia

Acquired 1970

Bust of Cardinal Bernardino Panciatici

Acquired 1966

Briques (Bricks) - Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography

Acquired 2013

Bible - Old Testament (12 drawings)

Acquired 2001

Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography (2012)

Acquired 2013

Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography

Acquired 2011

Antonio Canova in his studio with Henry Tresham

Acquired 1998

An ormolu mantel clock for Frederick, Prince of Wales

Acquired 2016

An Elizabethan Lady in Court Costume

Acquired 1943

An elaborate Cartouche with the Medici Arms flanked by Justice and Wisdom

Acquired 2008

Album of Paintings & Calligraphy

Acquired 1965

Album of drawings from Mandalay

Acquired 2009

A Turkish Mill: Chikaey & View from Drachenfels & Venice

Acquired 1968

A silver mate pot and bombilla

Acquired 1949

A pair of Venetian console tables

Acquired 2012

A Neapolitan Pasta-seller with Customers eating Spaghetti

Acquired 1988

A mill at Tewksbury & Rosa Sera

Acquired 1922

A meeting of brides of Christ on their wedding day to their Lord at the nunnery in Godalming, Surrey, 1965

Acquired 2011

A Hindoo Woman going to the Bath

Acquired 1939

A crowd of men, women and children

Acquired 1939

A collection of seven pieces of pottery

Acquired 1914

A Collection of 15-17th century Italian Weavings

Acquired 1916

A black morocco wallet for letters

Acquired 1918

952 photographs of Westminster Abbey & 8 of the Church of St Oswald

Acquired 1925

6,717 photographs of historical monuments

Acquired 1923

6 rubbings of reliefs from the Mausoleum of T'ai Tsung, 627-650

Acquired 1922

56 pieces of pottery and porcelain

Acquired 1922

55 pieces of pottery and porcelain

Acquired 1923

52 pieces of Japanese earthenware and porcelain

Acquired 1910

47 pieces of pottery and porcelain

Acquired 1924

47 pieces of porcelain, stoneware and earthenware

Acquired 1921

47 illustrations to Vanishing England

Acquired 1920

38 pieces of pottery, porcelain and faience

Acquired 1926

34 pieces of pottery and porcelain

Acquired 1925

32 pieces of pottery, porcelain and glass

Acquired 1922

3 pieces of Chinese lacquer work and 2 earthenware vases

Acquired 1925

3 pieces of Bordeaux porcelain

Acquired 1922

23 plates and title page from a volume of goldsmiths designs

Acquired 1907

21 costume designs for the 17th century Ballet de Cour

Acquired 1986

2 volumes of Photographs of Herefordshire - Horniman collection

Acquired 1932

2 tile pictures with shipping subjects

Acquired 1925

16 woodcuts from the Teurdank series

Acquired 1951

135 photographs of Japan and Japanese life

Acquired 1925

1) Tir A'Mhurain, south Uist, Outer Hebrides; 2) Rock, Porte Lorne, Nova Scotia; 3) Rinconda, New Mexico; 4) Haying, Haut-Rhin

Acquired 1975

1) Saida in Green; 2) Jam Ena Angels (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2009

1) Polygonzug 6/7/64 Nr. 2; 2) Rechteckschraffen 30/3/65 Nr. 1-4; 3-6) Quadrate Werden Rot

Acquired 2014

1) Persimmon (Afarsemon); 2) Rimon (Pomegranate); 3) Grapefruit (Eshkolit) - Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography

Acquired 2013

1) Lightening - from San Marino (Italy); 2) Hyacinth Emerging (The Mysteries of the Garden no 5)

Acquired 2009

1) Basket with Beer Cans; 2) Table with Stereo from the series 'Qajar' (Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography)

Acquired 2009

'Music': panel of Stained Glass

Acquired 1918

'Eyes' brooches

Acquired 2006

There are more than 100 Art Funded works in the V&A collections, including paintings by Constable, Turner and Gainsborough, ceramics by Edmund de Waal and tapestries by William Morris.

Immediately recognisable in image and reproduction, Antonio Canova's neoclassical marble sculpture of Zeus's daughters, The Three Graces, was nearly lost from the UK when it was acquired by the Getty Museum in 1994. The Art Fund was able to help secure it, and it is now shared between the V&A and the National Galleries of Scotland.

In 2015, Art Fund supported the acquisition of The Wolsey Angels, originally commissioned by Henry VIII's chief advisor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, to adorn his tomb. After he fell out of favour with the monarch, Wolsey's belongings were appropriated by Henry and the statues disappeared into the unknown. Following separate rediscoveries of two pairs of the angels in 1994 and 2008, they are now reunited in the V&A collection.

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