Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)after Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Title:
The West India Washer-Women
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 13/16 x 13 1/8 inches (50.4 x 33.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower center: "THE WEST INDIA WASHER-WOMEN. | [coat of arms] | This Plate is dedicated to Sir John Frederick, BART. | by his most obliged and devoted Servt,, A,, Brunias. | London, Pubd,, as the Act directs, July 1st, 1779, by the Proprietor, N67,, Broad Street, Soho."; lower right: "A,, Brunias pinxt,, et sculpt,,"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11133
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
barefoot | trees | earrings | women | labor | mother | washing | cloth | workers | infant | children | jewelry | child | river | genre subject | carrying | paddle | laundry | landscape | nude | turbans | working | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
West Indies
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Mia L. Bagneris, Colouring the Caribbean : Race and the Art of Agostino Brunias, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2018, p. 225, fig. 63, NJ18.B84652 B34 2018 (YCBA)