Roseanna Williams (r); Three Sketches of a Woman Sewing (v)
Susan Macdowell Eakins
This work is a preparatory sketch for "Roseanna Williams" a watercolor of 1879, now in a private collection. Williams, a domestic employed by the MacDowell family, is shown here seated in the pantry of their Race Street home. The basket beside her and the bundle in her arms suggest that she is returning or taking away laundry as work.
Artist
Date of Birth
(1851-1938)
Date
ca. 1879
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
14 1/16 x 10 3/8 in. (35.71875 x 26.3525 cm.)
Accession #
1985.68.39.5
Credit Line
Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection, purchased with the partial support of the Pew Memorial Trust and the Henry C. Gibson Fund
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
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