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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
Gg,3.372
Description
Five partly grotesque male heads; all in profile to left, and arranged in three rows, one wearing a filet, and another , a round cap with a serrated edge Red chalk
Producer name
Drawn by:
Giles Hussey
School/style
British
Production date
1710-1788
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
334 millimetres
Width:
201 millimetres
Curator's comments
Dominic Bate (email June 2020): 'the central head is derived from a portrait of the jurist Martín de Azpilcueta, probably that published by Antonio Lafréry in 1566 (see O,2.234) or another based on this printed archetype, of which there are several in the BM
Bibliographic references
Croft-Murray (unpublished) / Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum: artists born 1665 to 1715
(27)
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(1)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
caricature
Associated names
Associated with:
Martín de Azpilcueta
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Gg,3.372