Studies of six heads: PD.166-1963.f.8

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Titles

Studies of six heads

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Description

Clockwise from top: bearded male head seen full face, centre line and line of eye-brows indicated; female head, practically full-face, looking up to right; female head with large hat, head tilted to left seen from lower right; head of a boy seen full face (covered in white bodycolour); female head seen three-quarters right, looking down, guiding lines indicated; female head in profile, looking left, line of eyes and nose indicated.

Notes

History note: Thomas Dawson, Baron Dartrey (1725-1813) [Bookplate]; ?Richard Thomas Dawson; William Esdaile; C. Fairfax Murray, sold Sotheby's, 2-3 December 1920, lot 156, bt. Reader; / Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 30 April 1937, lot 22, bt. Colnaghi for Sir Bruce Ingram (£90.0.0)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black ink
Red wash
White bodycolour
Graphite
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper Height 183 mm Width 145 mm
Leaf Height 397 mm Width 301 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and black ink (gone slightly brown), over traces of graphite, construction lines indicated in red chalk and tip of the brush with red wash, corrections made in white bodycolour, surrounded by ruled black ink line, on laid paper, laid down