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Three Studies of the Head of a Bearded Man wearing a Turban

Drawing
19th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker

Pickersgill exhibited portraits at the Royal Academy for more than sixty years from 1806, and fulfilled many other portrait commissions. A few of these were of oriental subjects, or of Europeans with oriental connections, such as the explorer, James Silk Buckingham. In this fine pencil drawing, the bearded oriental sitter is sensitively characterised in three different poses. Neither his origin nor his identity are known.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThree Studies of the Head of a Bearded Man wearing a Turban (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil touched with white, on blue paper
Brief description
Drawing, Three Studies of the Head of a Bearded Man wearing a Turban. Henry William Pickersgill RA
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.5cm
  • Width: 26.3cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with colour notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt PHW [Prue Heathcote-Williams] Dec.1975, £6 [...] she had bought this sheet of studies with others by Pickersgill from a dealer at Honiton who in turn had bought them at auction (in November '75). It appears that they came from a descendant of the artist living in that area.'.
Subject depicted
Summary
Pickersgill exhibited portraits at the Royal Academy for more than sixty years from 1806, and fulfilled many other portrait commissions. A few of these were of oriental subjects, or of Europeans with oriental connections, such as the explorer, James Silk Buckingham. In this fine pencil drawing, the bearded oriental sitter is sensitively characterised in three different poses. Neither his origin nor his identity are known.
Collection
Accession number
SD.805

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Record createdMarch 23, 2008
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