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  • image Adam vol.26/138

Reference number

Adam vol.26/138

Purpose

Record drawing of two grotesque figures, one showing a three-legged bird, sheep's head and human face with a star above, and the other showing the head of a bearded faun with goat's horns, a horse's head and profile of a face.

Aspect

Details

Signed and dated

  • Undated

Medium and dimensions

Black and brown chalk with white heightening on blue paper 134 x 195

Hand

Unidentified eighteenth-century artist

Notes

The compositions in Adam vol.26/138-40 and 142 are all part of a set of drawings on blue paper, which are probably copies after antique gems or cameos.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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