Young Woman in a Kerchief and Cloak at Hastings

1807

Joshua Cristall

Associated Names
Joshua Cristall

Artist, British, 1768 - 1847

The image shows a woman standing in profile, facing right. She is hunched forward with her hands clasped under her cloak. Her facial expression is contemplative. Her hair is light brown and wavy, partially covered by a blue hood or scarf. She wears a large brown cloak, a long checkered dress, a blue headscarf, and dark shoes. The background is plain with a light, textured surface, indicating an indoor setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.5 x 20.1 cm (11 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.56.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's London, 14 April 1994, no. 403). (Spink & Son, London); (Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York, 1995); Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Feld, New Jersey, until 2011; (Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York); purchased 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • Early English Watercolors: Modern British Works, Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York, no. 2

2011

  • Recent Acquisitions, Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York, 2011, no. 16.

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: J. Cristall 1807; lower right in brown ink: at Hastings

Wikidata ID

Q64591549

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