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Head of a boy
A date of 1760-70 was suggested after the work was taken out of its frame, based on the watermark (the letters L V [?G] beneath a shield crowned with a fleur-de-lys).
Chalk on paper
Inscription: [Numbered] 10 [on verso]
Museum number: P367
On display: Oratory (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
This head of a boy is listed as hanging in the 'Oratory' on the second floor of Soane's house in the earliest inventories (1837). No artist is given.
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