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Description: | An oval painting of a female, three quarter length, in Victorian costume. She is standing looking at the viewer, and wears a bonnet with a dark veil drawn back over the head, and large red bow at the neck. The dress, which is of light blue and grey material, has three quarter length layered sleeves which are drawn up at the front by bows and frills. There is a peplum over a full length dress on a crinoline. She also wears white gloves. In her left hand, she holds up a richly embroidered piece of red material - possibly a 'miser's purse'?: in her right is a stopper, or cap of some sort.
Behind her, on the left, is a desk, on which are placed a china doll dressed in a gaudy orange outfit, a small picture of a clergyman, a smaller one of Christ Carrying the Cross, and in front of these, two bottles, one of eau-de-cologne. The wall behind the woman is decorated with a gold diagonal snowflake pattern on a green background; on her right is a table covered with a red tablecloth. On it is a large potted plant in a glass dome. In front of it are a small casket, a jar and a paperweight which holds a notice hanging over the side of the table. It reads: "St. Bride's Church Bazaar for the sale of useful and fancy articles. "Behind the domed plant is a panel decorated with roses, a small chequered ball, and a fan. Next to it is a portrait of a woman, and above it, on a hat stand, a bonnet decorated with feathers and ribbons. What appears to be a pair of braces hangs on the wall., Painted in an oval on rectangular canvas, Professor Thomas Bodkin
Accession number: NCM 1959-94 | Subjects: | interiors retailing costume accessories costume (women's) religion (christian) figures social occasions | Temporal: | [1857] | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by COLLINSON/James | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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