Thomas Rowlandson
Eight Studies of Heads, Including at Least One Self-Portrait

CultureBritish
Titles
  • Eight Studies of Heads, Including at Least One Self-Portrait
Datec. 1800?
PlaceEngland
MediumPencil, bister ink and blue and gray watercolor
DimensionsSheet: 7 15/16 × 9 5/8 in. (20.1 × 24.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 5/8 x 18 in. (42.2 x 45.7 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1986.17
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 1–September 23, 2012.

"Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century British Works on Paper from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston," Beeville, Texas, January 18, 2000.

"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.

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