Head of a Young Woman

1860s

George Frederic Watts

Associated Names
George Frederic Watts

Artist, British, 1817 - 1904

The image is a drawing depicting a person shown in profile facing left. The person has their head slightly tilted upwards. The drawing highlights the contours of the nose, lips, and eye, giving a serene and attentive expression. The person has straight, smooth hair pulled back. They appear unclothed from the shoulders up. There is no visible jewelry or objects being held. The background is a textured surface of brown-toned paper used for the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 55.9 x 36.6 cm (22 x 14 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.193

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (1891-1947), London (Lugt 2420a); (J.S. Maas & Co., Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1978-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • The English Avant-Garde of the 1880s: Aesthetes, Rebels, and Feminists, University of Virginia Library, February-March, 1985.

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 54.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Bibliography

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, ex 54.

Inscriptions

lower left in chalk: Study from Nature; by later hand, center verso in brown ink: This drawing by G. F Watts / was bought from the executors / of his widow. 1938 -. T E.Lowinsky.

Wikidata ID

Q64571427

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