[Studies of heads] [art original] / Js. Gillray.

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.

Copyright Date:

[ca. 1795]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : watercolor over pen and ink on laid paper ; sheet 17.2 x 12 cm

Related Links:

http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr36632

Notes:

A drawing from a sketchbook given by Gillray to the Rev. John Sneyd in the late 1790s.
By descent to Ralph Sneyd, sold with his library, Sotheby's, 1927. The sketchbooks were broken up by Walter T. Spencer; later owned by F.A. Gibson; Draper Hill, his sale, Phillips, June 2001, lot 39. Purchased by The Lewis Walpole Library from Andrew Edmunds, June 2018.
Date from Draper Hill.
Signed by the artist in lower right corner.
Title from dealer's description; alternative title from Draper Hill.

Abstract:

A drawing of six heads mostly in profile, three men, two ladies, and one child, all wearing hats. One lady in the upper right is a view from the back with only a hit of her check shown while the man in the foreground is shown full-face. A drawing in the lower left has been heavily scored through. From the left margin mid-sheet is a drawing of a sleeved-wrist and hand hold a stick(?).

Variant Titles:

Miscellaneous heads

Topics:

Children.
Hats.
Heads (Anatomy)
Men.
Women.

Topics:

Hill, Draper--Ownership.

Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable

Genre:

Ink drawings--British--18th century.
studies (visual works)
Watercolors--British--18th century.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Drawings G41 no. 7 Box D120

Orbis Record:

13635894

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr36632

Citation:

James Gillray, Studies of Heads. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16702987

PID:

digcoll:4677791