24/1998

Collection

Paintings, Prints and Drawings

Brief description

‘Windermere / Annie Scott – Gadringal – EK.’, an elderly lady reclining in a domestic interior, watercolour on paper, by Em Kinder, c.1850, in an oil gilded frame.

Title

Windermere/Annie Scott - Gadringal - EK.
View of an interior

Object name

painting
watercolour painting

Object number

24/1998

Production person

Emma Kinder (artist)

Production date

c.1850 (painted)

Production place

Windermere (painted)

Period

Victorian (1837-1901)

Material

paper
watercolour
paint

Technique

painted

Physical description

Watercolour on paper, glazed and framed in an oil glazed picture frame, which has been cut down. It is inscribed on the reverse side 'Windermere/Annie Scott [presumably the sitter] - Gadringal [?] - EK.'

Content description

An old lady (presumably Annie Scott) is reclining on a Regency couch in the bottom right corner. In the foreground is shown the top of a circular table with a box, sewing (?) bag and pair of scissors. Behind this is a Regency table piled with books, and a bag. Above the table are some hanging shelves on which are two boxes and some vases. The tassle of the sun blind hangs down in front of the window, through which can be seen the roof of a cottage.

Content object

table
couch
sewing box
book
bag
shelves
vase
blind

Dimensions

Height: 17.5cm
Width: 12.7cm
Height: 22.5cm
Width: 27.3cm
Height: 12cm
Width: 16.7cm

Website keywords

seating
tables
ornaments
textiles
window treatments
images of rooms
images of living rooms
needlework
drawing and painting
reading

Label

Label text for the digital interactive located in the Reading Room (September 2015- June 2017):

View of a domestic interior in Windermere, Cumbria showing a woman reclining on a sofa
By Emma Kinder
Watercolour on paper, about 1850

This cosy room in a Lake District home probably belonged to the elderly woman shown resting on the sofa, her face appears in the bottom right of the picture. The room is filled with personal mementos, paintings and objects which reveal how time was spent. The sewing kit and inkwell tell us that practical tasks were completed here. Whilst the books and comfortable furnishings show that it was also a space for leisure and relaxing.