Head of a Woman

Thomas Melhuis Strudwick

Associated Names
Thomas Melhuis Strudwick

Artist, British, 1849 - 1937

This image shows the faint sketch of a woman's head and upper shoulders. Her position is frontal with a slight turn to one side. Her facial features are delicately rendered, with soft, subtle pencil lines forming her eyes, nose, and mouth. The woman's hair appears to be pulled back, with minimal detail. There is no visible clothing detail or additional objects in the drawing. The background is a plain, lightly textured surface with no additional elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25.5 x 20.6 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Durlacher Brothers, London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1963-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Master Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond and tour, 1971-1972.

Bibliography

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, cat 79.

Wikidata ID

Q64631859

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