Four heads, three hands and a foot: PD.166-1963.f.22

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Titles

Four heads, three hands and a foot

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Description

From left to right, top to bottom: female head, left profile, looking down; back of a youthful head; female head, right profile; youthful head, left profile, seen slightly below (corrections in white); right hand bent at wrist seen from side; right foot, seen from sole; right hand and wrist, fist clenched; right hand gripping jug.

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
Brown wash
White bodycolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper Height 185 mm Width 146 mm
Leaf Height 397 mm Width 301 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and black ink over traces of graphite with some brown wash and white bodycolour, surrounded by ruled black ink line, on laid paper, stuck to album leaf which has been cut in order to show the verso of the support