Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types and a Sketch
Page with two round portraits in gouache and a third round sketch in graphite and ink. The left portrait shows a woman turned slightly toward the left. She is wearing a red jacket with a fichu and a creme corseted dress. She wears a large straw hat with pink bows, a blue flower, and green leaves. The woman in the portrait on the right turned towards the left, but has turned her had towards the viewer. She wears a corseted, blue and yellow striped dress with yellow trimming and buttons. She has a large white hat with blue stripes and ribbons. The graphite sketch above the two gouache portraits shows a bust of woman who wears an oversized bonnet-style hat. The portrait is framed and part of the frame is decorated by a string of garlands.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types and a Sketch
- Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century
- Artist: Possibly connected to Antoine Caire-Morand (French, Briançon 1747–1825 Turin)
- Artist: Anonymous, French, 19th century
- Date: ca. 1785–90
- Medium: Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 in. (17 x 25.3 cm)
- Classifications: Ornament & Architecture, Drawings
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
- Object Number: 57.559.6(7r)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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