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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818, British, Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton, 1791
- Title:
Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton
- Date:
- 1791
- Medium:
- Watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 9/16 inches (13.8 × 21.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Martha Gunn"; in pen and black ink, lower left: "John Nixon. Del. 1795"; lower center: "Martha Gunn"; in pen and black ink, lower right: "Brighton Bathers on a Stormy Day"; inscribed on mount in pen and black ink, lower center: "Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton | nearly Seventy Years. Died 2nd May 1815 aged 88. | Buried in Brighton Church Yard."; in graphite, lower right: "9"
Signed in gray ink, lower right: "JN | 1791"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5092
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- chairs | cloaks | dresses | figure study | hats | portrait | women
- Associated Places:
- Brighton | East Sussex | England | Europe | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Gunn, Martha (1726–1815), the most famous of Brighton's bathing women (also known as "dippers"), was born in the seaside village of Brighthelmstone (Brighton)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11360
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