THE SPINNER

Artist THOMAS WILMER DEWING (1851 - 1938)

Date1880

CountryUSA

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions106.5 × 137.5 cm (41 15/16 × 54 1/8") (Image)
Frame: 122.2 × 153 cm (48 1/8 × 60 1/4")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Donald Greenwood.

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Object number820001000

DescriptionThis painting is a domestic genre scene of a female figure in a rust colored dress seated next to a spinning wheel. The female is facing the viewer with downcast eyes and seated on a Queen Anne styled chair with a fur cascading down the seat. The background consists of a dark green drapery backdrop.

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