Head in profile
Printmaker:
Blake, William
Draughtsman:
Fuseli, Johann Heinrich
Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes
Height: 183 mm
Width: 182 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey
Production date: AD 1789
Illustration (Vol. I, p. 225) to Essays on physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, by John Caspar Lavater, London: Printed for John Murray, No. 32, Fleet-Street, 1789
On verso, Portrait of a man by Holloway after Van Dyke.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: P.568-1985
Primary reference Number: 31804
Bentley: 481
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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