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Women in "Old Italian Costume - Naples"

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Date

1818

Artist

Isaac Weld (1774-1856)

Collection

Yale Center for British Art

Image Link

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:20330

Description

Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Inscription

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Old Italian costume - Naples April 1819- | Dress much worn for the women from [...] | bodies I [...] - these loose with | [...] & trimmings [...] coming [...] | Bodice is part laced & ta[..l] of rise & pink | apron reddish cotton - [...]"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "The back ...] - the boddice or stays long | & made to go close to shape - narrowing | the [...] - [...] and or hip. | [...] jacket made s drawn | to [...] out."; inscribed in graphite, centre right: "Old dress on young | (illegible writing for the rest of the inscriptions).

Descriptive Medium

Graphite, pen and brown ink and watercolour

Image Licence

Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art

Image Credit

image credit Yale Center for British Art

Location

Naples, Italy

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Domestic Life
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People & Society

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