[Trial proof for an engraved portrait of an unknown man] [art original].

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Title: [Trial proof for an engraved portrait of an unknown man] [art original].
Published / Created: [18--?]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: Artist's trial proof of a steel engraving with corrections of the head and further alterations drawn in pencil and pen and ink directly over the steel engraving. The engraving shows a man wearing a karakul and smoking a hookah
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Date from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Corrective notes inscribed in graphite pencil next to drawing: The eyes brighter darker the brow[?] a different shape.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 236 x 159 mm
Language: English

Genre: Trial proofs
Portrait drawings
Graphite drawings British 19th century
Ink drawings British 19th century
Steel engravings England
Material: graphite pencil and pen and black ink over steel engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: British > 19th century
England

Access: Public
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Citation: Trial Proof for Portrait of an Unknown Man. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.