Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types
Page with two round portraits. The left portrait depicts a woman in profile facing right. She is wearing a blue corseted bodice with a white fichu and beige/grey gloves. She has a white ruffled hat decorated with pink roses, purple and yellow feathers, and a veil at the back. The portrait on the right is of a woman in profile facing left. She wears a yellow dress with a white fichu. She has a yellow hat with pink roses along the brim, as well as a blue ribbon, and green feathers. She holds a brown fur muff. In between the two roundels is a small ink sketch of flowers and a feather.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types
- 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(14r)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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