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The image portrays two women shown from the waist up, each seated and facing slightly towards each other. The woman on the left has a round face with soft features, wearing an elaborate blue bonnet with curly blonde hair visible beneath it. Her dress is pink with a high ruffled collar and cuffs, and she holds a small fan in her right hand. She sits on a chair with a blue cushion, wearing a gold bracelet. The woman on the right has similar facial features and curly hair, in a wide-brimmed bonnet in multicolored shades of yellow and pink, tied with a blue ribbon. Her dress is light blue with floral accents, featuring ruffled collar and cuffs. She sits with her hands resting in her lap. The background is plain and off-white with no discernible details, framed by a simple grey border.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Beauties
Thomas Rowlandson
- Date
- published 1792
- Medium
- hand-colored etching
- Dimensions
- sheet: 24.2 × 34.2 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1945.5.673
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- British
- Woman
- Costume
- Hat
- Female figure
NGA object ID 31452. 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.