[Head of a Black woman in profile to left] [graphic] / W.H. fecit, 1645.
1645
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 237- 212
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Title
[Head of a Black woman in profile to left] [graphic] / W.H. fecit, 1645.
Variant title
Pennington title: Young Negress
Created/published
[S.l.] : [s.n.], [1645]
Description
1 print : etching ; platemark 62 x 41 mm
Material base
paper
Summary
Head in left profile. She wears a small, white cap or coif on the back of her head, and a wide, white collar on which six darts are visible at the back.--From Pennington.
Note
Title from New Hollstein.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Impressions of Wenceslaus Hollar, curated by Rachel Doggett, Julie L. Biggs, and Carol Brobeck, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., September 25, 1996-February 3, 1997.
Cited/described in
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, 813
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 2006
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 2006
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 237- 212
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library ART 237- 212: "Words with pictures, or, Whats in a name?", The Collation (18 June 2020)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library ART 237- 212: "Words with pictures, or, Whats in a name?", The Collation (18 June 2020)
Genre/form
Prints.
Item Details
Call number
ART 237- 212 (size XS)
Folger accession
237212