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Anthropomorphic heads study

Rowlandson-Heads-DR011

Book Description

pen and ink wash on thick wove paper, 165 x 205 mm. (6 1/2 x 8 in), signed lower centre, a small loss in a blank area lower left
Dealer Notes
a small sheet of three heads, one a satirical human, the other two on the bodies of fish, resembling three of the four studies on a similar sheet in the V&A collection, a prime example of Rowlandson’s interest in anthropomorphic sketches of human and animal heads for comic physiognomic comparison
Author Rowlandson (Thomas)
Date n.d.
Illustrator Thomas Rowlandson

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