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The image depicts a woman seated from the waist up. She is facing forward with a slight angle to the side. Her facial expression is neutral, and she has curly hair that falls to her shoulders. She wears a light-colored dress with long sleeves and a sash tied around her waist. She is wearing a large purple hat adorned with feathers. Her hands are clasped together on a wooden table. The background includes a window showing a tree outside and a simple chair with a blue cushion inside.
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The image depicts a woman seated from the waist up. She is facing forward with a slight angle to the side. Her facial expression is neutral, and she has curly hair that falls to her shoulders. She wears a light-colored dress with long sleeves and a sash tied around her waist. She is wearing a large purple hat adorned with feathers. Her hands are clasped together on a wooden table. The background includes a window showing a tree outside and a simple chair with a blue cushion inside.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Anne Ward Morland (Delia in Town)

John Raphael Smith after George Morland

Date
c. 1788
Medium
color stipple engraving inked à la poupée on chine collé [proof before inscription]
Dimensions
sheet: 43.5 x 34.9 cm (17 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.) plate: 30.5 x 23.9 cm (12 x 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2008.47.1
Credit line
Gift of the Monica and Hermen Greenberg Foundation in honor of Monica Lind Greenberg
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Seated figure
  • Woman
  • Window
  • Hat
  • Portrait
Provenance

(W. S. Fine Art Ltd., London); purchased by NGA 2008.

Inscription

by later hand, lower center in graphite: Ward sc. V.; lower left in plate: Painted by G. Morland; lower right in plate: Engraved by R. Smith

NGA object ID 140132. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.