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Portrait Head of the actress Lily Elsie, also shown full-length in costume

Portrait after Howard van Dusen British
Small figure after John Hassall British
Sitter Lily Elsie British
1917
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait Head of the actress Lily Elsie, also shown full-length in costume
  • Artist: Portrait after Howard van Dusen (British, active early 20th century)
  • Artist: Small figure after John Hassall (British, 1868–1948)
  • Sitter: Lily Elsie (British, 1886–1962)
  • Date: 1917
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: sheet: 16 15/16 x 11 in. (43 x 27.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.566.11b
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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