Woman in a Red Dress

Image credit: National Trust Images

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A half-length portrait of a young woman of African descent, head turned over her right shoulder, wearing a red bodice and white headdress, framed in an arched window with a curtain behind and a bas-relief of putti and goat below.

National Trust, Polesden Lacey

near Dorking

Title

Woman in a Red Dress

Date

c.1660–c.1669

Medium

oil on canvas & panel

Measurements

H 23 x W 18 cm

Accession number

1246502

Acquisition method

bequeathed with Polesden Lacey by Dame Margaret Greville, in memory of her father William McEwan, 1942

Work type

Painting

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National Trust, Polesden Lacey

Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey RH5 6BD England

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