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Grotesque heads (Human head and wolf's head)

Thomas ROWLANDSON
Grotesque heads (Human head and wolf's head)
 (1821)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour

Measurements
13.3 × 17.6 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Accession Number
1278.41-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Animals Human Figures Humour and Satire

Subjects (specific)
caricatures comparison grotesques heads (representations) men (male humans) physiognomy wolves

Movements
Georgian

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Exhibition
The Satirical Eye

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