Skip to main content

Head of a man: 968j

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Head of a man

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gillray, James

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 78 mm
Width: 40 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1919-07) by Guillemard, Francis Henry Hill

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of card

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink on card

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Hobhouse
  • Location: Top
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: like a Parson / Powdered Hair - / - in Black - / short x Punchey
  • Location: Below centre
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: thumbs in armholes of Waistcoat
  • Location: Bottom
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 968j
Primary reference Number: 11241
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Head of a man" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11241 Accessed: 2024-03-29 10:38:50

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11241 |title=Head of a man |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 10:38:50|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-11241

More objects and works of art you might like

Head

Accession Number: O.2-1969

Head

Accession Number: GR.3c.1891

Head

Accession Number: ANE.11.1979

Head

Accession Number: GR.9.1912

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...