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October

Watercolour
c.1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashionable woman walking down a path, in a very military-styled crimson riding habit with gold braid, fringed epaulettes and unusual lapels, the jacket and petticoat worn with a green waistcoat and masculine cravat. She wears brown gloves and an elaborate black hat, and is holding a riding crop by the whip end. In the background, just visible through a gate, are huntsmen on horseback and hounds running across a field.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • October (assigned by artist)
  • The Months (allegorical representations of)
Materials and techniques
pen and ink and watercolour drawing
Brief description
Robert Dighton: Watercolour drawing of a fashionably dressed lady. From a set of 12 representing The Months. c.1785. (E.33 to 41-1947)
Physical description
Fashionable woman walking down a path, in a very military-styled crimson riding habit with gold braid, fringed epaulettes and unusual lapels, the jacket and petticoat worn with a green waistcoat and masculine cravat. She wears brown gloves and an elaborate black hat, and is holding a riding crop by the whip end. In the background, just visible through a gate, are huntsmen on horseback and hounds running across a field.
Dimensions
  • Average height: 32.4cm
  • Average width: 24.8cm
Production
One of a set of 12 allegorical representations of The Months.
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1947, London: HMSO, 1950.
Collection
Accession number
E.42-1947

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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