A Quest for a Cousin, from "Illustrated London News"
Pasquier was a skilled watercolorist who designed prints for British periodicals and illustrated books. Here he represents a young woman accompanied by her father or uncle who seeks a lost relative who may have worked as an artist's model. They stand in a painter's studio and examine a painting that shows a beautiful girl arranging her hair.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Quest for a Cousin, from "Illustrated London News"
- Series/Portfolio: Illustrated London News
- Artist: After James Abbott Pasquier (British, Norwich ca. 1827, active 1851–79)
- Date: December 19, 1874
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 7/16 in. (25.2 × 34.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Donato Esposito, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.279.17
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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