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Woman with Three Children [drawing].

Accession number
PML 146668, p. 30 (following)
Creator
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.
Published
179-?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Inlaid into bound leaf measuring 18 3/8 x 14 inches (465 x 354 mm).
Bound into v. 1 of library's copy of James Thomson's The seasons (PML 146668), following p. 30.
Signed with the artist's initials.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at lower left "Westall".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows a woman seated outdoors on a stool with a bundle in front of her, surrounded by three children, including a little boy who sits playing with a dog in the foreground; at left, a hen is confined in a simple wicker cage as her chicks gather around a nearby dish and a little girl who is seated on the ground looks on.
Classification
Department