[Head of a young Black boy in profile to right] [graphic].
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Title
[Head of a young Black boy in profile to right] [graphic].
Variant title
Pennington title: Young Negro
Former Folger title: Portrait of an African boy
Former Folger title: Portrait of an African boy
Created/published
[S.l.] : [s.n.], [17th century]
Description
1 print : etching ; irreg image 57 x 41 mm
Material base
paper
Summary
Head only, half right. He wears a soft, white collar with three dog-toothed stripes at back. There are six buttons on his doublet.--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; The World of 1607, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 10, 2007-January 10, 2008..
Cited/described in
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, 812
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 2003
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 2003
Genre/form
Prints.
Item Details
Call number
ART 236- 023 (size XS)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed within platemark. State 1 of 2. Small repaired loss lower left pen and ink replacement.
Folger accession
236023