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Bust of woman in profile to left with five warts round her mouth, wearing low dress and large round turban with earflaps joined by cord under her chin.

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Francis Place British

1665

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Title: Bust of woman in profile to left with five warts round her mouth, wearing low dress and large round turban with earflaps joined by cord under her chin.

Series/Portfolio: Grotesques after Francis Place: Set of fourteen plates (New Hollstein 1844-1855, 2 rejected by Pennington, 1631-2, possibly by Place)

Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)

Artist: After Francis Place (British, 1647–1728 York)

Date: 1665

Medium: Etching; only state

Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (6.6 × 4.8 cm)
trimmed on and fractionally within the platemark

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number: 20.81.2.183

Chronology

Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1800 A.D.

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