Engraving

Maker & role
William Powell Frith (b.1819, d.1909); RA, Artist; William Holl (Junior), Engraver; Thomas Cranfield (active circa 1843-circa 1850), Printer
 Production date
circa 1843-1850

Object detail

Title
Kate Nickleby
Production place
Eire/Ireland
Collection
Vaucluse House
Measurements
Sight measurement, H: 55 x W: 40.5cm (H: 550 x W: 405mm); Frame, H: 72 x W: 58cm (H: 720 x W: 580mm)
Production notes
Steel engraving by W. Holl after William Powell Frith A. R. A.
Signature & marks
Captioned; ‘printed by T. Cranfield, Dublin'.
Credit line
Purchase, 2006
Vaucluse House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Description
Engraving after William Powell Frith A. R. A. titled ‘the Seamstress’ in original bird’s eye maple frame with gilt slip. It depicts a seated woman in an interior (with table, side chair and sewing implements) sewing the skirt of a white garment (possibly a wedding dress). The woman’s appearance is very much of the early 1840s, with hair centrally parted, with loose ringlets at the sides, white collar over dark bodice terminating with a ‘V’ shape and gathered-in upper sleeves. Her skirt is worn over full petticoats. A straw bonnet hangs from a coat rack in the upper left of the picture.
Accession number
V2007/2

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