Bath Dress
1832
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1832
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Bath Dress is a 1832 watercolor by Charles Frederick Brockdorff, a Biedermeier work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A man stands on a small platform, arms crossed over his bare chest. He wears a blue cloth wrapped around his waist and brown shoes with bows. His face is round, with a mustache and a thoughtful look. The background is plain white, keeping all focus on him. This sketch looks like a quick study of how clothes fit—or don’t. The artist focused on the shape of the cloth and the way it falls, not on details like skin or shadows. Want to see more by this artist? Check out Brockdorff, Charles Frederick.
The watercolor *Bath Dress* by Charles Frederick Brockdorff appears in an album of 54 sketches depicting Turkish figures and objects, with 41 in Brockdorff’s style and 13 by other artists. The album, bound in half-morocco with gilt lettering, contains 116 pages and mounts the works on colored paper. *Bath Dress* is one of the sketches included in this compilation associated with Lt. Col. Charles Hamilton Smith’s collection.
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Charles Frederick Brockdorff painted detailed watercolours of North African life and costume in the 1830s.
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