de Gournay on Instagram: "The striking ochre ground of ‘Miss Gough’ is inspired by the golden hue of verbascum growing wild in Virginia’s meadows, which radiates warmth throughout the landscape on a sunny day. Trailing along a trompe l’œil bamboo trellis, vines of bitter gourd and pink Madagascar periwinkle are hand-painted at the same grand scale as the historic drawings within the album they reference. While little is known about Viscount Gough’s daughter, Miss Gough, one can assume she was a

New Sketchbook Page, Verbascum and introducing the scumble technique