Cottage Interior with Girl Sewing

William Henry Hunt, 1790 - 1864



Cottage Interior with Girl Sewing

William Henry Hunt 1790 - 1864

Summary

A cottage interior, with a glimpse of outside through the open doorways of two adjacent rooms. In the foreground room, seated to the right of the central doorway, is the figure of a girl sewing, in profile, with her feet resting on a stool; the room is otherwise unfurnished; the adjacent room is similarly minimally furnished, except for a wooden chair placed to the left of the outside door and some plant pots on the sill of the latticed window.


Object Name

Cottage Interior with Girl Sewing

Creators Name

William Henry Hunt

Date Created

about 1828

Dimensions

support: 19.6cm x 28.1cm

accession number

1890.50

Place of creation

England

Support

paper

Medium

watercolour
gouache
pencil
gum arabic

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