Breton Washerwomen (1929)

Enid Constance Butcher

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Women washing clothes in two large submerged vats, figure in foreground with wheelbarrow. c.1931 Engraving. Signed with initials on plate. Signed, titled and numbered 29/40.

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

12.7 x 11.3 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0514.2

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1929; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1932

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Peasants

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