Girl Sewing with Two Children Doing Their Hair (recto); Preparatory Sketch for a History Painting (verso)

Adélaïde-Marie-Anne Castellas-Moitte, French, 1747 - 1807

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about 1798

Pen, black ink, and graphite on notarial paper

Overall: 7 13/16 × 8 9/16 in. (19.8 × 21.7 cm)

Sight: 5 13/16 × 7 11/16 in. (14.7 × 19.5 cm)

Frame: 16 3/4 × 20 13/16 in. (42.6 × 52.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Steven Tseng, Class of 1995, Tuck 2001

2024.14

Geography

Place Made: France, Western Europe, Europe

Period

18th century

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Drawing

Not on view

Course History

Anthropology 27.01, Economic Anthropology, Maron Greenleaf, Spring 2024

Socioloty 61.01, Quantative Social Sciences 30.17, Women's, Gender, and Sexualit Studies 33.05 Gender (In)equality, Kristin Smith, Spring 2024

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality, Studies 30.05, Latin American and Caribbean Studies 36.01, Maid in America, Francine A'Ness, Spring 2024

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality, Studies 30.05, Latin American and Caribbean Studies 36.01, Maid in America, Francine A'Ness, Spring 2024

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality, Studies 30.05, Latin American and Caribbean Studies 36.01, Maid in America, Francine A'Ness, Spring 2024

Exhibition History

Who Cares?- WGSS 30.05 Maid in America: The Politics of Domestic Labor, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 13-June 16, 2024.

Provenance

Nathalie Motte Masselink (dealer), Paris, France; sold to Steven Tseng, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2024; given to present collection, 2024.

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