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Alfred Crowquill
Figure of a Woman In Tunic With Shell and Ewer
1850s
14 x 10 inches (356 x 254 mm)
Graphite touched with red chalk on paper.
1956.28:63
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1956.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Watermarked: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1852.
Watermarked: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1852.
Summary
Drawing shows the full length figure of a woman standing in profile to the left, clad in a short tunic with one breast bare and holding up a small ewer in her raised hand from which she pours into a large scallop shell held in her other hand; her legs and feet are bare and she wears ankle bracelets and large earrings.
Associated names
Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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