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

Woman seated in chair in drawing room reading a letter. Through the window behind her can be seen men skating on a frozen lake.

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Categories	Clothing Day Wear Embroidery Entertainment & Leisure Fashion Fashion Plates Informal Wear Interiors Textiles Drawings Hats & Headwear Illustration Personal Accessories Accessories Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Watercolour
Titles	January (assigned by artist) The Months (allegorical representations of)
Materials and techniques	Ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper Ink Watercolour Bodycolour Pen and Ink and Watercolour Body Colour Drawing Painting 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 seated in chair in drawing room reading a letter. Through the window behind her can be seen men skating on a frozen lake.
Dimensions	Average height: 32.4cm Average width: 24.8cm
Copy number	528
Marks and inscriptions	'JANUARY' (Bottom centre.) 'Dighton - del' (In handwriting in bottom left) Translation del = delineat which means drew. '528' (In handwriting in pen and ink in bottom right corner. This is a serial number for the series of allegorical representation of the months.)
Production	One of a set of 12 allegorical representations of The Months.
Subjects depicted	Letters (Correspondence) Shoes Armchairs Curtains Skating 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 reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1947, London: HMSO, 1950.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.33-1947

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Record created	February 3, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O120790/january-watercolour-dighton-robert/

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