Watercolour
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Jun 1865
Materials
Paper, watercolour paint
Measurements
121 x 96 mm
Place of origin
Woolwich
Order this imageCollection
Mompesson House, Wiltshire
NT 724085
Summary
Watercolour painting by Barbara Townsend of soldiers in blue and yellow uniforms and ladies in pink and purple full-length gowns attending a ball. An inscription in watercolour at the bottom of the painting reads 'June Woolwich 1865'. Within a bound album (MHS/P/58) containing other watercolours by Barbara Townsend. The album page is numbered 32. The number 63 is annotated in pencil below bottom right-hand corner of the watercolour.
Marks and inscriptions
June Woolwich 1865
Makers and roles
Barbara Townsend (1842 - Mompesson House 1939), artist