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a Girl in a Mob Cap
Bequeathed by J.R. Holliday 1927
actions: postures and motions
children
clothing and personal items
girl
hat, cap
objects
people
sitting
paper unique graphite
Study of a Girl in a Mob Cap
support: 311 × 206 mm
Bequeathed by J.R. Holliday 1927
<strong>James Tissot</strong> 1836-1902
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<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/tissot-study-of-a-girl-in-a-mob-cap-n04293" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04293</span></a> <strong>Study of a Girl in a Mob Cap</strong> <em>c.</em>1872
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Not inscribed<br/>
Pencil on paper, 12 1/4 x 8 1/8 (31 x 20.5)<br/>
Bequeathed by J.R. Holliday 1927<br/>
<em>Prov:</em> [?Charles Fairfax Murray, London]; J.R. Holliday, Birmingham
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See the note on <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/N04294" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'N04294');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>N04294</span></a><!--  above -->. This appears to be a study from life as the chair is similar to those which appear in Tissot's own costume pictures. The mob cap resembles the one worn by the girl on the left of 'An Interesting Story', though the pose is different.
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<strong>Published in:</strong><br/>
Ronald Alley, <em>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</em>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.719, reproduced p.719


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actions: postures and motions children clothing and personal items girl hat, cap objects people sitting