Claire Rome, Four Wheeled Trap – Original mid-20th-century watercolour painting

Claire Rome Four Wheeled Trap

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An original mid-20th-century watercolour painting, Claire Rome, Four Wheeled Trap.

A charming monochrome vignette watercolour by conservationist and professional artist Claire Rome, dating from around the middle of the 20th century. This painting is one of a series of illustrations relating to a story entitled 'By Horse and Lamplight'. Claire Rome is best known for her book 'An Owl Came to Stay' (published 1979)—an unusual, utterly charming and heartfelt real-life account of how she creatd a foster home for injured and orphaned owls at her home in rural Dorset. This watercolour conveys something of her affection for animals and the details of rural life.

In watercolour with graphite on watercolour paper.

Please note that we have a first edition signed copy of the book 'An Owl Came to Stay' available to purchase separately.

Claire Rome

Claire Rome was a dedicated conservationist and an artist with a reputation for fine glass engravings, wood carvings, paintings and drawings. She lived next to a farm near Sturminster Newton, Dorset. She is best known for her book ‘An Owl Came to Stay’, illustrated by her own drawings. The book tells of how she nurtured a tiny orphaned owlet back to the wild and created a foster home for orphaned and injured owls. Remarkably, she lived with the owls, observing and sharing the experiences of these animals which to most people are mysterious, awesome and barely seen. She writes: ‘There is a lot that scientific study and the textbooks have left out … things that only very close observation and sympathy with the living bird can reveal’.