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Artist/Maker	Dighton, Robert (artist)
Place of origin	England (painted)

Woman wearing a robe a la polonaise and sheer apron over a quilted petticoat, standing by a window looking up towards a songbird in a cage. Through the window can be seen a windmill and a ship being buffeted by the wind. She has a large sewing bag over her arm and holds a pair of embroidery scissors in one hand and fine spotted sheer fabric in the other hand.

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Categories	Clothing Day Wear Drawings Fashion Fashion Plates Hats & Headwear Illustration Personal Accessories Accessories
Object type	Watercolour
Titles	March (assigned by artist) The Months (allegorical representations of)
Materials and techniques	pen and ink and watercolour drawing Pen and Ink and Watercolour Body Colour Watercolour
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	Woman wearing a robe a la polonaise and sheer apron over a quilted petticoat, standing by a window looking up towards a songbird in a cage. Through the window can be seen a windmill and a ship being buffeted by the wind. She has a large sewing bag over her arm and holds a pair of embroidery scissors in one hand and fine spotted sheer fabric in the other hand.
Dimensions	Average height: 32.4cm Average width: 24.8cm
Production	One of a set of 12 allegorical representations of The Months.
Subject depicted	Woman
Associated objects	E.33-1947 (Set) E.34-1947 (Set) E.35-1947 (Set) E.37-1947 (Set) E.38-1947 (Set) E.39-1947 (Set) E.40-1947 (Set) E.41-1947 (Set) E.42-1947 (Set) E.43-1947 (Set) E.44-1947 (Set) E.36-1947 (Set)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1947, London: HMSO, 1950. Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.35-1947

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O602552/march-watercolour-dighton-robert/

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