Study of a girl's head (1st state) (1936)

Robert Sargent Austin

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Study of a girl's head (1st state) (1936)

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Portrait of a young girl, half-length, almost to right, hand resting on shoulder; touched proof. 1936 Engraving. Signed, dated: "29th Feb 1936", titled: "Portrait head" and annotated: "1st state 3 proofs".

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

27.8 x 22.3 cm

Accession Number:

1937,0710.38

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, for the Prints and Drawings Fund, with the aid of Stephen Courtauld (1883-1967), Lord Plender (1861-1946) and Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948), 1936; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London Stephen Lewis Courtauld William Plender Campbell Dodgson

Subject:

Portraits

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