Allan Ramsay

Scottish, 1713 - 1784

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The image is a sketch of a person standing in a relaxed position. The individual has long hair with a middle parting, an ambiguous facial expression, and is wearing a robe or tunic cinched at the chest. Additional draped fabric wraps around one shoulder and arm, flowing towards the legs. The garment shows textured details like folds and gathered fabric. The person is wearing boots and the background is minimally detailed with subtle shading.
Allan Ramsay, Young Englishman (Lord John Stuart?), c. 1740s, black chalk heightened with white on blue wove paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.143

Young Englishman (Lord John Stuart?)

Allan Ramsay · c. 1740s · black chalk heightened with white on blue wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.143
The image depicts a sketch of an individual focusing on the upper body, drawn on a textured blue background. The person is in a seated position with both arms resting on a surface. Facial features are faintly outlined, and the hair is subtly shaded. The individual is wearing a jacket and waistcoat with visible detailing on the seams of the jacket sleeves. There are no visible jewelry or objects being held. The background is simple and lacks specific details.
Allan Ramsay, Study of a Seated Man [recto], black chalk heightened with white on blue laid paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.144.a

Study of a Seated Man [recto]

Allan Ramsay · black chalk heightened with white on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.144.a
This is a drawing of sketches of hands on a blue background. The image features several studies of hands, displayed in different positions and angles. The top left shows a loosely sketched hand with minimal detail. In the center, a more defined hand displays careful attention to individual fingers and their posture, showing a gesture as if holding an unseen object or delicately pointing. The bottom right features a hand with darker shading and defined lines, suggesting a firmer grasp of something. Soft shading and contouring provide depth, while the various levels of detail indicate a study or exploration of hand movements and anatomy.
Allan Ramsay, Hand Studies [verso], black chalk heightened with white on blue laid paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.144.b

Hand Studies [verso]

Allan Ramsay · black chalk heightened with white on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.144.b
The image shows a woman standing in a turned position facing the right. She has a calm expression and a delicately styled updo with a headdress or veil. She wears a ruffled choker and an elaborate gown with puffed sleeves and a wide sash. She is holding a broom and is near a harpsichord with open music sheets. There is a large ornate chair and a column in the background. The setting appears to be a grand interior with soft shadows.
James MacArdell, Lady Mary Coke, Wife of Edward, Viscount Coke, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1950.14.323

Lady Mary Coke, Wife of Edward, Viscount Coke

James MacArdell · engraving ·  Accession ID  1950.14.323
The image shows a person from the waist up in a seated position, facing slightly to the side with a serious expression. They wear a high dark hat and a robe with fur trim draped over their shoulders and arms. Their hands are placed one over the other and the background is a plain dark surface. The image is in warm sepia tones.
David Martin, Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1766, mezzotint on laid paper [proof], Paul Mellon Fund, 2001.118.28

Jean Jacques Rousseau

David Martin · 1766 · mezzotint on laid paper [proof] ·  Accession ID  2001.118.28
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Nature and Art: Poems and Pictures from the Best Authors and Artists

Estes and Lauriat, Louise Reid Estes, James Freeman Coleman, Thomas Campbell, Leavitt Hunt, James Russell Lowell, William Shakespeare, Thomas Moore, George Eliot, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Hamilton Reynolds, Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty, Allan Ramsay, John Howard Bryant, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Bayard Taylor, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, G.W. Pettee, William Cullen Bryant, Thomas Sackville, Lucy Larcom, Robert Bloomfield, William Chamberlayne, James Russell Lowell, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Browning, George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron, James Gates Percival, Bryan Waller Procter, John Chalkhill, John Clare, William Gilmore Simms, Andrew Marvell, Alfred Tennyson, Barton Tennyson, James Barron Hope, William Lisle Bowles, Thomas Moore, Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Hood, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Robert Southey, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Eliot, Henry Fothergill Chorley, Samuel Laman Blanchard, Thomas Haynes Bayly, Robert Burns, Ephraim Peabody, Izaak Walton, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Léon Bonnat, James David Smillie, Edmund Henry Garrett, Henry Farrer, Robert Swain Gifford, Peter Moran, Albert Fitch Bellows, Samuel Colman, Edmund Henry Garrett, Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl, Wilhelm Leibl, Leopold Carl Müller · 1882 · volume with sixteen engravings, fifteen etchings, and photolithographs ·  Accession ID  2018.44.78