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The image depicts a young girl sitting down. She is facing slightly sideways with her head turned towards the viewer. She has round cheeks, wide eyes, wears a cloth cap on her head, and a long-sleeved dress with an apron. The girl holds a slate in her left hand with the letters "A B C" and some text in a foreign language. Next to her is a basket and a ball of yarn. The background is a plain wall.
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The image depicts a young girl sitting down. She is facing slightly sideways with her head turned towards the viewer. She has round cheeks, wide eyes, wears a cloth cap on her head, and a long-sleeved dress with an apron. The girl holds a slate in her left hand with the letters "A B C" and some text in a foreign language. Next to her is a basket and a ball of yarn. The background is a plain wall.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Girl at School

David Allan, after Bartolomeo Schidone

Date
1780s?
Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, laid down on mount
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate): 19.4 × 12.9 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.) mount: 21.5 × 18.2 cm (8 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2018.91.2
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • aquatint
  • child
  • figure
Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Inscription

on tablet in image: ABCD / Padre nostro / Che sei nel / Ciel Sia / Santificato il / tuo nome / Venga il tu... / Regna sia; lower left in plate: Schidone Pinx.t; lower center in plate: A GIRL at SCHOOL; lower right in plate: D. Allan fec.t

NGA object ID 215398. 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.