Artist/Maker
Lucy Ricketson Williams Hawes
1812 - 1894
Date1800-1850
MediumCotton, textile
Dimensions100 1/4 x 101 1/4 in. (254.6 x 257.2 cm)
Donor credit lineMuseum Transfer from the Brooklyn Museum
Object number2024.42.11
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCover of off white cotton copperplate printed in brown, pattern of artistocratic female on horseback with road post reading "Road to Benevolent Hall". Edges rolled and handstitched. Handwritten in brown-black ink near edge of front face "Printed in England / On Indian Cotton / About 1800 / Lucy W. Hawes / 1850". ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Alvah E. Reed to the Brooklyn MuseumOn View
Not on view1745-1925
Hawes, Rebecca Williams,--b. 1836-
1910
Dunshee, Hawes, Quirot

