A Young Woman in a Blue Dress Sketching
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
530 x 440 x 35 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 744019
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Young Woman in a Blue Dress Sketching, British (English) School, 19th century. A half-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the left, left profile, seated, looking down at a sketch-pad which she holds in her left hand while she sketches with her right hand, hair dressed high with falling ringlets on her cheeks, wearing a blue wrap-over dress with full fleeves with linen/lace collar and cuffs. Landscape with distant horizon on the left.
Provenance
Bequeathed by William Straw (1898 - 1990)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist