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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.
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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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