German School 18th.Century Gouache On Vellum The Seamstress Ca.1770 Rocking Horse contemplating the bottle of port

contemplating the bottle of port with the cork in his left hand

63 by 74 cms

Much influenced by Burne-Jones who was himself from Birmingham

wild and majestic

John Raphael Smith 1752-1812

German School 18th.Century Gouache On Vellum The Seamstress Ca.1770 Rocking Horse contemplating the bottle of portGerman School 18th. Century. Study of a young woman in a coral coloured dress and bonnet sitting on a chair, repairing a piece of clothing, the seamstress, the composition after an engraving by Pierre Maleuvre 1740 1803. Gouache on vellum stretched on wooden panel, Circa. 1770. 24. 5 by 31 cms. Presented in a period carved ebonised fruitwood frame.