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Bust of woman with hooked nose and open mouth, wearing conical cap with tufts of hair protruding in profile to right

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Francis Place British
1665
Not on view
Bust of woman in profile to right with hooked nose and open mouth, wearing conical cap with tufts of hair protruding.

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Object Information
  • Title: Bust of woman with hooked nose and open mouth, wearing conical cap with tufts of hair protruding in profile to right
  • Series/Portfolio: Grotesques after Francis Place: Fourteen plates (New Hollstein 1844-1855; 2 rejected by Pennington 1631-2 and 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 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (6.4 × 4.8 cm) cut on and within platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.2.137
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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