Edinburgh Milkmaid with Butter Churn

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This is one of the earliest known portraits of a black woman by a Scottish artist. We do not know her name or her life story, but it is most likely that she was a servant. The large vessel, or butter churn, shown beside her suggests she may have been a milkmaid.

National Galleries of Scotland: National

Title

Edinburgh Milkmaid with Butter Churn

Date

About 1785 – 1795

Medium

watercolour on paper

Measurements

H 21 x W 16 cm

Accession number

D 5721

Acquisition method

Purchased 2019

Work type

Watercolour

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