A dying young naval officer's widow, seated with right leg crossed over the other, in a ship's cabin, directed to right, head in profile, wearing a sprigged gown and plumed hat, making lace at a small work-table, naval coat and sword on the window-sill behind her, ship visible on the water through a second window to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Plate numbered '219' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 12 May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Floor coverings, Grief, Staterooms, Wallpapers, and Widows
"A dying young naval officer's widow, seated with right leg crossed over the other, in a ship's cabin, directed to right, head in profile, wearing a sprigged gown and plumed hat, making lace at a small work-table, naval coat and sword on the window-sill behind her, ship visible on the water through a second window to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state and "[Plate] extensively reworked to update the fashion: the hat altered to a small-brimmed tall hat with plumes, the gown to a sprigged empire-line gown and the hair looped in a head-scarf."--British Museum online catalogue, Curator's comments for variant state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Reissue; plate has been extensively reworked, subtitle "making childbed linen, during a voyage at sea" has been added below title, and publication line has been altered. For earlier state with the imprint "Publish'd 14 July, 1788, by Robr. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.995., For a variant state that is seemingly identical apart from being numbered "376" instead of "375", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.7373.+., and Plate numbered "375" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
