Man and Woman in 18th Century Dress n.d.

William Edward Frost’s “Man and Woman in 18th Century Dress,” an undated watercolor on paper, depicts a seated man and standing woman in formal 18th-century attire against a garden backdrop. The artist uses loose, gestural lines to capture the figures and their surroundings in a subtle blue wash. Frost’s sketch, now in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, is a fine example of 19th-century portraiture and figure drawing.