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Helen Allingham

  • Helen Allingham's “Old Surrey cottage,” 1881.
    Rural Paintings
    LuAnn Johnson
    During the 1860s, watercolor paintings by English artists depicted rural scenes with thatched cottages surrounded by profuse cottage gardens. It was an idealized version of English country life.