Costume Studies of Women of Indian Lorette, Lower Canada

Costume Studies of Women of Indian Lorette, Lower Canada

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This character vignette portrays four women. The two on the left wear shortgowns over skirts that reach to just below the knee. The two on the right wear blankets in different ways. The woman second from right wears her blanket over a skirt, while the woman on the far right wears her blanket around her waist, exposing her shortgown above.

James Hope-Wallace

c.1840

Huron-Wendat

Lorette, PQ

painting, watercolor

46.79354, -71.35285 (N 46°47′37″ W 71°21′10″)

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-1496 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana. Copyright: Expired

Image 16.500 x 24.500