Water Carrier (Girl)

Her step is caught mid-stride as she moves forward, the jug pressed to her chest under a cloth stamped with a blue flower. A woven basket and a copper pail hang from the strap at her right hip. The green waistcoat with its lace collar sits over a white blouse; the apron is painted in a trellis of lilies and the underskirt in fine ochre checks. A feather rises from the straw hat.