Oriental Woman, Holding a Torch

1806

John Downman

Associated Names
John Downman

Artist, Welsh, 1750 - 1824

The image depicts the upper half of a person in a side profile, holding a lit torch in their right hand. The person has a facial profile with delicate features, with partially visible hair below a hood. They wear a long cloak or robe with a hood that covers their head and drapes over their shoulders. The person's face is partially covered by the hood, showing only the eyes and nose. The robe is loose-fitting with draped folds. The background is shaded with diagonal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen-and-tusche lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.1 × 23.4 cm (12 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.132

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Man 1962, no. 53

  • Series Title

    Specimens of Polyautography [1947.7.110-145]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1962

  • Man, Felix H. "Lithography in England (1801-1810)." In Prints, edited by Carl Zigrosser. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962: 116-130.

Wikidata ID

Q65079833

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