Half Dress – Winter 1813

A woman wears a purple dress with yellow dots with a low neck and long sleeves. The sleeves have white ruffles at the cuffs and two white bows at the wrists. The neck has two rows of white trim and a white ruffle. The woman wears a white, lace-edged shawl, buff-colored gloves, and white shoes and stockings. She has a lacy, white cap and a gold necklace with a gold flower. The woman is seated on an upholstered bench. She reads at a small, wooden pedestal table that holds an open book and a candle in a gold candlestick made of two cherubim on a pedestal.

Credit: The Claremont Colleges