Thomas Worsey RBSA (1829 - 1875)  British
  Still Life of Roses & Primula Malacoides on a Mossy Bank
  Oil on canvas, signed

A still life painting of pale pink and cream roses, together with flame, white and lilac coloured Primulas lying beneath a mossy bank. A branch of acorns and small beetle complete this picture of naturalistic beauty.


An English flower and fruit painter, born in Birmingham in 1829. In his early years he trained as a Japanner, then devoted his work to flower painting in about 1850.

He exhibited at The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists from 1856 and in London at The Portland Gallery, The Royal Academy, The British Institution, Suffolk Street and elsewhere.