Woman Sewing

Item

Title

Woman Sewing

Description

This piece shows a young woman leaning back in a chair by a window, sewing. Beside her, on the windowsill, there is a small bouquet of flowers.

Creator

Bertha May Ingle

Date

1907: This is from a trip that Bertha did with the McGillivray-Knowles studio to Quebec City in 1907. While this is not expressly a Quebec scene it is in a sketchbook filled with Quebec drawings.

Format

Pencil on paper

Source

BMIAA assets

Type

Portrait

Original Format

Drawing

Physical Dimensions

4 x 5.5 inches