Head of a Woman
Oil Painting
1840s (painted)
1840s (painted)
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An unfinished oil sketch of the head of a middle-aged woman, her hair parted in the centre and framing her face in smooth wings. Her gaze is directed upward and to the right.
Object details
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| Title | Head of a Woman |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on millboard |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Head of a Woman', William Mulready RA, 1840s |
| Physical description | An unfinished oil sketch of the head of a middle-aged woman, her hair parted in the centre and framing her face in smooth wings. Her gaze is directed upward and to the right. |
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| Object history | Purchased from the artist's sale at Christie's, 1864. |
| Production | Kathryn Heleniak (1980) dates this sketch to the 1840s, since, when it was exhibited in 1864, it was described as being 'painted in 1847'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 211 |
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| Accession number | FA.243 |
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| Record created | June 29, 2006 |
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