Artist:

Jeanne Dabos, French, 1763 – 1842  Search this

Medium:

Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Dimensions:

45.4 x 36 cm (17 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.)

Type:

figures

Calligraphy

Object Name:

Calligraphy

Made in:

France and England

Date:

ca. 1785

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Bust length portrait of a woman, facing left in profile. She wears an elaborate headdress of ribbons and feathers. Enclosed in oval calligraphic frame.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Erskine Hewitt

Accession Number:

1938-57-227

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45caf6496-6aaa-451c-8454-1be0c43c5079

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1938-57-227