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Sir Hubert von Herkomer British, born Germany
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Two plates printed on one sheet, each portraying an old man with a long beard divided at the bottom. In the print at left, the head faces and looks at the viewer; at right, the figure looks up and to the right and is lit from the right.
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Title: Two Views of the Same Head
Series/Portfolio: The Porfolio
Artist:
Sir Hubert von Herkomer (British, Waal, Bavaria 1849–1914 Budleigh Salterton, Devon)
Date: December 1880
Medium: Etching with mezzotint; proof
Dimensions:
Plate: 5 7/8 × 4 in. (15 × 10.2 cm)
Plate: 5 7/8 × 4 13/16 in. (15 × 12.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 13 1/8 in. (20.5 × 33.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Object Number: 1986.1180.2005(1-2)
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