Woman Making Winter Caps
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Woman Making Winter Caps is a 1790 paint by Puqua, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a woman sitting on a low bench, sewing a blue hat. She is wearing a long, loose-fitting dress and has her hair pulled back. The woman is surrounded by several hats and a table with a few objects on it. The woman's hands are moving deftly as she sews the hat, and her face is tilted slightly downward as she concentrates on her work. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of quiet, focused activity. The artist Puqua is known for his detailed and realistic depictions of everyday life in 18th-century China.
A rectangular watercolour painting from 1790 depicts a central figure seated on a long bench, surrounded by piles of blue hats on either side. The work is part of a set of 100 paintings illustrating various trades and occupations in Canton. It was acquired by Parsons & Sons and accessioned into a collection in 1898, as recorded in the Asia Department registers during a 2022 provenance research project.
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