Individual results Click to enlarge Object Name: watercolour Title: section of room with table and bookcase; landscape verso Creator: British school Date: 1851 Material: watercolour Credit Line: Object Number: VA.2009.3.2 Institution: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Description: This watercolour was painted by Sara Hennell, friend of Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot). The watercolour states 'Hackney' in the bottom left and is probably of the home Sara lived in with her mother before they moved to Ivy Cottage in the grounds of her sister's home Rosehill in Coventry. This was probably done at the same time as VA.2009.3.1.The reverse has a pencil sketch of a coastal scene.This object is part of the George Eliot Collection. Search the collections ×