June
Watercolour
c.1785 (made)
c.1785 (made)
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Woman wearing a fashionable, typically masculine riding habit with a dark green petticoat and jacket and a purple waistcoat trimmed with gold braid. She carries a riding crop and wears an elaborate black hat. She is standing beside an abandoned garden roller and leaning against a pedestal with an urn. Through an open doorway behind her a view of farm labourers gathering hay and making haystacks is visible.
Object details
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| 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 | Woman wearing a fashionable, typically masculine riding habit with a dark green petticoat and jacket and a purple waistcoat trimmed with gold braid. She carries a riding crop and wears an elaborate black hat. She is standing beside an abandoned garden roller and leaning against a pedestal with an urn. Through an open doorway behind her a view of farm labourers gathering hay and making haystacks is visible. |
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| Production | One of a set of 12 allegorical representations of The Months. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1947, London: HMSO, 1950. |
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| Accession number | E.38-1947 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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