Head and Shoulders of a Girl (1869)

Robert Braithwaite Martineau

graphite on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Paper, Graphite

Physical Object Description:

Head and shoulders of a girl, study for the standing girl in the picture of Christians and Christians (unfinished) in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; head turned and looking left, her hair tied back. The painting was left unfinished on the artist's death.

Dimensions:

24.4 x 18.4 cm

Accession Number:

1923,1015.43

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1923

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Gifted by Miss Helen Martineau to the Contemporary Art Society, 1922; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1923

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London Helen Martineau

Subject:

Portraits, Female

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Robert Braithwaite Martineau

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