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The image shows a full-body profile view of a person standing and facing left. The figure has an upright posture with arms folded in front, a hat casting a shadow over their head, and a cloak or shawl draped over their shoulders and upper body. The person's facial features are not clearly visible due to the profile perspective and slightly bowed head. The attire covers the person down to their feet, which are depicted in a simple manner. The illustration is in varying shades of gray, on textured paper with no other elements, and is signed by the artist with the year "1770" in the lower right corner.
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The image shows a full-body profile view of a person standing and facing left. The figure has an upright posture with arms folded in front, a hat casting a shadow over their head, and a cloak or shawl draped over their shoulders and upper body. The person's facial features are not clearly visible due to the profile perspective and slightly bowed head. The attire covers the person down to their feet, which are depicted in a simple manner. The illustration is in varying shades of gray, on textured paper with no other elements, and is signed by the artist with the year "1770" in the lower right corner.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Peasant Woman

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm

Date
c. 1770
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 15 x 10.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.61
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • female
  • figure
  • British
  • Peasant
Provenance

(Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1956-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: S. H. Grimm (about) / 1770; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 6474

NGA object ID 75977. 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.