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A woman with a hat-box handing a letter to a young girl standing at an open door

Drawing
ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pencil and watercolour depicting a woman with a hat-box handing a letter to a young girl standing at an open door.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • A woman with a hat-box handing a letter to a young girl standing at an open door (generic title)
  • Facteur extraordinaire! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
Brief description
Pencil and watercolour, probably by Copel after Charles Edouard de Beaumont, depicting a woman with a hat-box handing a letter to a young girl standing at an open door. French School, ca. 1850.
Physical description
Pencil and watercolour depicting a woman with a hat-box handing a letter to a young girl standing at an open door.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9in
  • Width: 6.5in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod
Object history
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod, 1948
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Accession number
E.197-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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