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27th October 2025

As it is now planting time, this week we have our annual paean to spring bulbs and the promise they hold within their firm, papery packaging. This beautiful study, 

Two Hyacinth Bulbs (1966, The Whitworth), is by Eliot Hodgkin (1905-87) who, as here, often worked in tempera, and painted many exquisite botanical studies and seasonal still lifes, including quinces and October flowers.

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