Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784, British
Title:
Head of a Young Woman
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (31.8 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark: Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6046
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
head | portrait | woman | hair | studies (visual works)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Publications:
John Baskett, English drawings and watercolors, 1550-1850, in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon , The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 1972, pp. 19-20, no. 24, NC228 B37+ (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 18, no. 3, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15140