Two young women writing and sewing in an interior at Hatton, Warwickshire

Attributed to Granddaughters of Dr. Samuel Parr British

Subject Associated with Dr. Samuel Parr British

1820–30

Not on view

This amateur watercolor records an interior in Dr. Samuel Parr's substantial parsonage at Hatton, where he lived for three decades and ran a small private school for boys. Here two young women write and sew in a room whose walls are hung with prints and drawings. The style of dress and furnishings suggest a date in the 1820s.

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Title: Two young women writing and sewing in an interior at Hatton, Warwickshire
Artist: Attributed to Granddaughters of Dr. Samuel Parr (British, active 1800–30)
Subject: Associated with Dr. Samuel Parr (British, Harrow on the Hill 1747–1825 Hatton, Warwickshire)
Date: 1820–30
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: sheet: 8 5/8 x 15 in. (21.9 x 38.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1991
Object Number: 1991.1257(2)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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