[Transforming head , [circa 1830]
- Title(s):
- [Transforming head : putto, maid, nun, vicar, sheik].
- Published/Created:
- [Great Britain], [circa 1830]
- Physical Description:
- 5 drawings : watercolor ; 190 x 208 mm, folded to 65 x 72 mm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1229. T73 1830b+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11182001
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Notes:
- BAC: British Art Center copy housed with a second original transforming head. Provenance: Paul Anstee.
Multi-flapped visual device in which a single face may be adorned in one of five guises. The cross-shaped sheet comprises five panels, each of which bears a figure drawn in watercolor; each of the four square-shaped arms may in turn fold over the central square panel. The central panel features the face of a winged (and bodyless) putto. Each of the four flaps, when folded over the center panel, depicts a different character (maid, nun, vicar, sheik) with a cut-out window in place of the eyes (or entire face) so that the face of the original putto shows through, but adorned in different dress and headgear.
There is also a simple cut pocket crafted into the base of the central panel (depicting the putto). Into this pocket is inserted a small slip of paper inscribed, in pen and black, ink: "The Genuine Court Plaister, London." The reverse of the central panel is reinforced with a sheet of green marbled paper, bordered in gold. - Subject Terms:
- Amusements -- Great Britain.Anstee, Paul -- Provenance.Court-plaster.Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
- Form/Genre:
- Watercolors.
Overlays.
Moveable books.
Metamorphic pictures.
Recreations -- Great Britain. - Export:
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