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”ENGLISH WOMEN...”

Mentioned by Pehr Kalm


TYPE:Image
DATE:8th June 1748
ARTIST:Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
AUTHOR:Viveka Hansen
CAT/REF NUMBER:YCBA/lido-TMS-405, electronic source
COLLECTION(S):Yale Center for British Art, United States
REFERENCE(S):• Hansen, Viveka, Textilia Linnaeana – Global 18th Century Textile Traditions & Trade, London 2017 (p. 54).
ADDED:16/03/2018
iFELLOW:Viveka Hansen
JOURNALS ETC: Linnaeus Apostles Global Science & Adventure, Volume 3, Book 1, Page 276
CONTENT: On 8 June 1748 Pehr Kalm noted in his journal: ‘Almost all English women, both married and unmarried, used stays, lacing themselves up tightly, so that they looked very slim, especially as long as they were young and unmarried... During the winter one saw relatively few of them using hooped petticoats while walking on the streets of London; but now in the summer the hoop-petticoat was an everyday garment for most of them, especially when they were going out...’ This observation of the female dress has great resemblance with Thomas Gainsborough’s (1727-1788) oil on canvas ‘Portrait of Woman’ from ca 1750. A study of the artist’s collection of portraits also point in the direction that he already at a young age developed an eye for details in fashion, textile materials and how the garment hangs on the body. Most probably due to the fact that his father John Gainsborough worked as a weaver and woollen merchant.
GEO-LOCATION:WGS84(51.28246, 0.02754)




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