William Hay, active 1776–1797, British, Seamstresses, St. Kitts, Carribean, 1798
- Title:
- Seamstresses, St. Kitts, Carribean
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 7/8 inches (16.8 × 12.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscription on piece of paper removed from verso, now in object file, brown ink: "Two Seamstresses of Basseterre - St Kitts St K | Taken at 6 o'clock in the morn'g | presented to Wm. Corbett Esq'r | by his friend Wm. Hay."
Signed and dated in graphite, lower center: " WH 1798."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2639
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- costume | figure study | headgear | necklaces | seamstresses | women
- Associated Places:
- Saint Kitts
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10813
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