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Description: | No. 74 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049)
An example of Bray's interest in distinctive heads, hairstyles and headgear, which is evident in the group from which it comes. The lady, who may be a relative, is wearing a 'butterfly cap', fashionable in the 1770s.
This is one of 73 drawings by Bray (plus one signed 'NF 1782') preserved in a 19th-century album. They have now been separately remounted. Bray (1750-1823), was second lieutenant of the 44-gun ?Pallas? under Captain the Hon. William Cornwallis (1744-1819) ? later a well-known admiral - on two voyages (1774-77) to report on British interests in West Africa, including the slave trade. The dated drawings refer only to the first of these, from December 1774 to September 1775, though a few may be from the second. Others comprise country views, some of Deal, Kent (where Bray may have come from), and others of social-history interest.
Box Title: Bray Album. 7.
caption: Woman in bonnett | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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