[Collection of drawings of heads and ornaments] [art original].

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Title: [Collection of drawings of heads and ornaments] [art original].
Published / Created: [between 1500 and 1800?]
Publication Place: Europe
Abstract: A collection of drawings of Celtic designs, heads (a satyr, bacchanalian, Chinese, and two classical), ornaments, two with muscial motifs (wind instruments), on a variety of papers, some oiled, probably from the 16th-18th centuries, mounted on a leaf disbound from a 19th century album
Description: Title devised by curator.
One of four sheets from a 19th century album. To view other sheets, see Lewis Walpole Library: Drawings Un58 nos. 74 and 75 and SH Contents Sa5 no. 1.
Provenance: Christie's (Collection of Sandby), one of four sheets in lot 11, to Thomas Agnew for W.S. Lewis; 24 March 1959.
Extent: 10 drawings : 9.5 x 11 cm and smaller, mounted on sheet 41.8 x 33 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings Italian 16th century
Ink drawings 18th century
Material: pen and ink with wash and graphite ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Architectural decorations & ornaments
Heads (Anatomy)
Subjects: Architectural decorations & ornaments
Heads (Anatomy)
Italian > 16th century
18th century

Access: Public
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