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The image is a drawing of a woman sitting on a chair. She is leaning back, her left arm on the chair and her right hand holding a closed umbrella beside her. She has curly hair, and her face features a small nose and mouth. She wears a long gown that covers her feet. In the background are abstracted lines that suggest trees and foliage.
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The image is a drawing of a woman sitting on a chair. She is leaning back, her left arm on the chair and her right hand holding a closed umbrella beside her. She has curly hair, and her face features a small nose and mouth. She wears a long gown that covers her feet. In the background are abstracted lines that suggest trees and foliage.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Lady Seated with a Parasol

Samuel Woodforde

Date
on or after 1794
Medium
pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 19.5 x 24.3 cm (7 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.213
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • female
  • figure
  • British
  • portrait
Provenance

(Bury Street Gallery [William Drummond], London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1984-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 80/13 / FM 1 1/2 (division sign) / 2

Watermarks

1794

NGA object ID 76203. 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.