Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832, British
Title:
Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with black ink and brown wash, verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed verso in brown ink, lower right: "[...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5527
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | head | beard | moustache | gesture | cauldron | figure study | plays by William Shakespeare | Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare | King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 56, no. 161, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14918