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Head of a woman in a frilled cap [Bray album]

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Date

probably circa 1774

Description

No. 74 of 74. An example of Bray's interest in distinctive heads, hairstyles and headgear, which is evident in the group from which it comes. The lady, who may be a relative, is wearing a 'butterfly cap', fashionable in the 1770s.This is one of 73 drawings by Bray (plus one signed 'NF 1782') preserved in a 19th-century album. They have now been separately remounted. Bray (1750-1823), was second lieutenant of the 44-gun ‘Pallas’ under Captain the Hon. William Cornwallis (1744-1819) – later a well-known admiral - on two voyages (1774-77) to report on British interests in West Africa, including the slave trade. The dated drawings refer only to the first of these, from December 1774 to September 1775, though a few may be from the second. Others comprise country views, some of Deal, Kent (where Bray may have come from), and others of social-history interest.

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CC BY-NC-ND

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Location

England

Country

England

Medium

Watercolour