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A black chalk line drawing of a woman in profile. With her head slightly tilted towards the viewer, she stares skeptically at us and wears an elaborate hat. A black chalk line drawing of a woman in profile. With her head slightly tilted towards the viewer, she stares skeptically at us and wears an elaborate hat.

Henry Fuseli

Head of a Lady,

Maker

  • Henry Fuseli

Title

Head of a Lady

Medium

chalk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Black chalk on laid paper

Techniques

  • Black chalk on laid paper

Supports

  • White coarse fibered paper

Dimensions

40.6 x 23.5 cm (16 x 9 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped on recto UR with collector's mark of Susan North (1797-1884; Lugt 1947)

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum Purchase: Anonymous gift

Object Number

57.118

Head of a Lady

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Read Online

Stamped on recto UR with collector's mark of Susan North (1797-1884; Lugt 1947)

Publications

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Read Online

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

The Age of Canova

November 6 - December 15, 1957
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