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Design
Garthwaite, Anna Maria, born 1690 - died 1763 - Enlarge image
Design
- Place of origin:
Spitalfields, England (made)
- Date:
1726-1727 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Garthwaite, Anna Maria, born 1690 - died 1763 (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Watercolour on paper
- Museum number:
5970:27
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case T, shelf 15, box B
Anna Maria Garthwaite was born in 1690 and became one of the leading pattern drawers in the English silk industry despite the likelihood that she did not receive the formal technical training usually considered necessary to take up such a profession. She produced as many as 80 commissioned designs a year, such as this one, for master weavers and mercers. She lived and worked in Spitalfields, London from about 1730 until her death in 1763. Her interest in natural form--and her talent for depicting it--characterized her designs throughout her professional life.
