Paintings and Illustrations
In addition to the successful career that Whall enjoyed as a stained glass artist, she also painted. One of her works, The Elf Hour, was a Victorian fairy watercolour painting. In 1907 it was exhibited during the summer at the New Gallery in London. She also made a set of four watercolour and chalk works of the seasons.
In the 1911 census, Whall gave her occupation as a self-employed "Artist in water colour". She made the illustrations for the 1912 and 1913 editions of Ships. Sea Songs and Shanties. W.B. Whall was the author and her uncle. In 1912 she illustrated and coloured by hand a limited edition book for John Lyly entitled Cupid & Campaspe. She also wrote, illustrated and coloured by hand her own book, The Story of Peterkin in the Wood, which was printed by her brother Hew B. Whall in 1912.
Like her father, she collaborated with Charles Sydney Spooner, who taught at the Central School of Art. In 1916, Spooner led the team who worked on the Apsidal Chapel created for display at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 11th Exhibition, October-November 1916 at the Royal Academy of Arts. Veronica and her father worked on the chapel's frieze.
She exhibited some of her works at the 1914 Decorative Arts exhibition in Paris.
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