A watercolor by Margaretha Roosenboom from an album amicorum created for the writer Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint on the occasion of her 70th birthday in 1882, via Archief Alkmaar Commons on flickr.
The album (684 loose sheets in an ornamental wooden box) contained drawings, watercolors, photographs, text, and music by friends and admirers.
The contributors represented a cross section of the cultural elite in 19th century Netherlands and Belgium, including many artists who were part of the Hague School.
After Bosboom-Toussaint’s death, the album was eventually given to her hometown of Alkmaar and is now in the collection of the Regional Archief Alkmaar.
To see some flower arrangements created and shared today, please visit Cathy at the blog Rambling in the Garden. She hosts “In a Vase on Monday.”
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What a lovely idea – an album created by friends. I love the idea and I love the picture. Thanks for sharing it
A most beautiful painting of a vase filled with fabulous blooms!
This is wonderful!
something ethereal and exquisite about those painted flowers
Cathy, Donna, Kris, and Diana,
Thanks for stopping by this week and enjoying these flowers!